{"id":6342,"date":"2017-04-10T17:10:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T22:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deepsicks.com\/?p=6342"},"modified":"2022-06-18T14:36:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T19:36:44","slug":"caddo-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/2017\/04\/10\/caddo-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Caddo Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Caddo Lake has been on my list, a nature thing to do, a sacred wildness, and bridge between Louisiana and Texas, the origin and ongoing story of Arthur. I put more fine a point on it than him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m12!1m3!1d107399.36038755474!2d-94.05369623182385!3d32.73308257857053!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1491857980106\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Do you feel more Texan or Louisianan?&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He looks pained. His years at Oberlin explain him better, though here we remain, trying to win hearts and minds, failing that, be thorns in sides, while not sacrificing our sanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s only sour grapes, besides. Real America will get you every time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Swamp_Thing_trailer-1200x712.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Swamp_Thing_trailer-1200x712.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Swamp_Thing_trailer-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Swamp_Thing_trailer.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1150\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Uncertain_Flea_Market_sign.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Uncertain_Flea_Market_sign.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Uncertain_Flea_Market_sign-768x469.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1150\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Uncertain_I_was_here.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Uncertain_I_was_here.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Uncertain_I_was_here-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The market is a barrage of stars and bars, crocheted dishcloths and creepshows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1150\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Uncertain_Flea_Market_dummy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Uncertain_Flea_Market_dummy.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Uncertain_Flea_Market_dummy-768x493.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1150\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Uncertain_Flea_Market_bitcoin.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Uncertain_Flea_Market_bitcoin.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Uncertain_Flea_Market_bitcoin-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arthur wants to buy all the Confederate flags\u2014there are many\u2014and burn them in the parking lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t want to get shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China will only send more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not like we&#8217;re looking for our place in all this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"873\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Church_of_Uncertain-1200x873.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Church_of_Uncertain-1200x873.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Church_of_Uncertain-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Church_of_Uncertain-1536x1118.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Church_of_Uncertain-2048x1490.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We came for the moss, herons and egrets.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1150\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/setting_out.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/setting_out.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/setting_out-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1150\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stretching.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stretching.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/stretching-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The muck, like it or not.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1150\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/salvinia_molesta_muck.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/salvinia_molesta_muck.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/salvinia_molesta_muck-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Long limbs stretched into mystery.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1150\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stretching_too.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stretching_too.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/stretching_too-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All the knobby cypress knees hyper-driving pareidolia as we paddle through.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1150\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cypress_tree_wizards_and_druids.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cypress_tree_wizards_and_druids.jpg 1150w, 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We&#8217;re screwing this up.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hard not to blame the wistful anxiety on bingeing <a href=\"https:\/\/stownpodcast.org\/\">S-Town<\/a> the previous day, driving to our campsite, snug in our tent. But the feeling persists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How deep our environment shapes us.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The human heart&#8217;s a bleeding mess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We came for the moss, herons and egrets.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,8,13],"class_list":["post-6342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-narratives","tag-adventures","tag-america","tag-camping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6342"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8352,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6342\/revisions\/8352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/megasimon.com\/d6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}