Sunday, January 6, 2008 - Gum Springs Campground, Winnfield LA
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Roadside Googling
When I came upon a sign for the Gum Springs Recreation Area I stopped by the entrance and Googled it to see if it might be a good place to stop, that not being immediately obvious from the road. ForestCamping.com describes the primitive camping available here.
That was enough to persuade me to pull in and check it out. Yes indeed, it's a nice quiet little campground, just right for me, so here I am, the lone camper, in little pine forested campground developed by the CCC back in its day. At $1.50 for the night (after my 50% Golden Age Passport discount) not hard to take either. This might be a good spot to catch up on some maintenance without disturbing the neighbors.
Night camp
Gum Springs Campground - Winnfield LA
- This is a primitive campground with no water or electric hookups at the sites and no dump station.
- Verizon cell phone and Broadband service are available here but I don't remember how strong the signal is.
- Get Kisatchie National Forest camping info
- Find other references to Gum Springs
- List the nights I've camped here
- Check the weather
- Get a Kisatchie National Forest map
- Get a Google map
We Are Clearly a Species Worth Saving
Our world is entering a time of profound and perhaps catastrophic change. My hope is that by getting people to care about and learn about what is in their backyard, they can be made to realize that while it seems like we are destroying the planet in out greed and excess, what we are really destroying is ourselves. The planet and life in general has dealt with catastrophe many times before. Cataclysm on Earth is a creative time and evolution can handle it. Culture is much more fragile and we as individuals are more fragile still. I think that it is time for people to come to terms with the fact that our own behaviors put humanity at risk. While people have always done atrocious things, I believe that we are a species capable of beautiful, amazing and important things as well and we are clearly a species worth saving.
Jon Piasecki