Friday, November 28, 2008 - Foscue Creek Park, Demopolis AL
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Lighted Hexion water tower from Foscue Creek Park, Nov 28, 2008
I need a tripod
On my walk last night I saw several interesting photo opportunities I wanted to see if I could capture. Lights reflecting off the water. Trees silhouetted against the night sky. Views of the Hexion Specialty Chemicals plant next door. Stuff like that. But I got frustrated trying to locate stationary objects to use as a steady rest for long exposures - they just weren't where I wanted them. I guess that's what tripods are for.
Night camp
Site 37 - Foscue Creek Campground, Demopolis AL
- This is a well maintained US Army Corps of Engineers campground with level paved sites, most with full hookups
- Many sites overlook the water of the inlets off Demopolis Lake on the Tombigbee River
- There is good biking on the park roads
- The campground is pretty full Thanksgiving week and is generally booked solid the weekend of the Demopolis Christmas on the River festival in early December.
- Poor Verizon cell phone service - access is via Extended Network, roaming
- No Verizon EVDO service - access is via the Extended Network and service varies is slow but reliable
- Only 3 miles to Wal-Mart and other services in Demopolis AL
- Find other references to Foscue Creek
- List the nights I've camped here
- Check the weather
- Reserve a site
- Get a map
Walking the edge, I am. ...
... On some days breathing, eating and not folding into a ball in a corner is all I can manage. I had a few of those days in the past three weeks. It reminds me, in ways I do not like to be reminded, just how damaged I really am.
Like a character from the television show "Cheers" once said, "It's a dog eat dog world out there - and I'm wearing milkbone underwear."