On Sunday, my dad took us on a tour of Sour Lake, which was eerily similar to how most horror movies start. A few adults and kids load up in a suburban and take off, yelling "we'll be right back" to the family members staying behind. We turn off the main road, the trees get taller, the weather turns, it starts raining harder, the back roads all look the same, the tires spin in the mud, the gas gauge teeters towards "E," cell phones don't work...okay I made that last part up, our cell phones totally worked but you get the picture. It was kind of creepy, but totally fun as we didn't lose anyone in the woods nor have to deal with any chainsaw wielding maniacs. The destination of this tour was the sink hole, a former oil field that caved in and filled with water many years ago. Apparently when you drill too many oil wells too close together and then pump all the oil out, there is nothing left to support the ground and it sinks, filling with water. No one knows how deep it is and if you are my nieces and nephew, you now believe it is also filled with a variety of monsters and creatures that like to catch 8-13 year olds. What? I didn't tell them that! I swear. Okay, I might have encouraged their grandpa to tell them stories about the "wild man" that lives in the woods and maybe threw in a scary detail or two. Might have even tried to "push" my nephew into the sink hole, jokingly of course. This is what aunts are for! Everyone made it back safely and no one was scarred for life, that we are yet aware of anyways. Here are some photos of our excursion...
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| Abandoned equipment |
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| The decaying house where the "wild man" lives |
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| The wild man! Actually its my niece, wearing a sweet, furry Chia hat |
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| Rotting tree trunks, rising out of the sink hole |
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| Telephone poles, in the middle of the "lake" |
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| A herd of dying pump jacks |
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ReplyDeletei have to tell you that i'm in love with your photo safari of Sour Lake, Tx. I'm insisting that you hold a photo exhibit - even if its you and me, looking at your iphone, drinking a bottle of wine.
Have to tell you that I like your story. I fish that lake alot for the past 10 yrs and catch a ton of Bass .. depth wise the deepest part is it you look out from that photo with the yellow poles with the fire monitors on it. If you look out towards the middle front theres is a telephone pole about 10 ft of the top showing just past it it drops straight down to 67 ft. Water is super clear with the occasional oil bubble coming to the surface. Overall its a great place to take kids fishing but you need a boat to really catch em
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