Caddo Lake, its water like mercury, mirrored violet-and-melon clouds and the bottle-trunked silhouettes of bald cypress.… Read More
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I zipped my jacket up tight against a chilly pre-dawn breeze as we zoomed across Caddo Lake last November. We’d hired guide Paul Keith to give us a sunset tour of the lake the evening before, and now we were back on his water-skimming Skeeter boat for a two-hour sunrise tour. The water, like mercury, mirrored violet-and-melon clouds and the bottle-trunked silhouettes of bald cypress.
One thing I’ve learned in my explorations over the years is always hire a guide if you can. They get you to places you’d never see otherwise.
The pre-dawn sky started moody…
…brightened to melon…
…and swiftly turned gold and violet.
Caddo Lake is said to be home to the largest bald cypress forest in the world. These uniquely adapted trees grow right out of the water.
Paul pointed out an osprey nest atop one tree — a twiggy roost as big as a kiddie pool.
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