This past President’s Day I went camping with my parents at the Caney Lakes Recreation Area. It is in the Norther portion of the Kisatchie National Forest north of Minden, Louisiana. A nice local get away spot, the area is comprised of two man-made lakes formed by dams. It provides fishing, boating, and camping recreations. I decided to take a couple of cameras with me and shoot a few rolls of film. Three of the rolls were Fujifilm 200 and Superia Xtra 400 and that’s what you see below.
Caney Lakes – Boat Ramp Area
Caney Lakes
Fujifilm 200
Evening Campfire
Fujifilm Superia Xtra 400
Caney Lakes
Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes Campground
Looking down the campground road, near one of the outhouses. Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes – Sugar Cane Trail
Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes – Sugar Cane Trail
Some piers from what probably use to be a dock. They line up with a foundation next to the trail. Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes – Entrance Info
Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes Map
Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes – Sugar Cane Trail
Another view of the piers. Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes – Boat Ramp
Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes – Dam Spillway
Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes
Still lake in the evening. Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes – Dock by Boat Ramp
My dad taking photos of the lake from this dock on the boat ramp. Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes
A view of the campground from the boat ramp. Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes
Fujifilm 200
Quite Lake
Fujifilm Superia Xtra 400
Secret Fishing Pier
A makeshift fishing pier near our campsite. Fujifilm 200
Foggy Morning
Fujifilm 200
Foggy Fishing Pier
Fujifilm 200
The Cane
The Caney Lakes get their name from the cane that grow along its perimeter. Fujifilm 200
Caney Hideaway
Fujifilm 200
The Boat Ramp
Looking across the lake from the campgrounds to the boat ramp. Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes – Campsite
Looking up at our campsite from near the lakeshore. Fujifilm 200
Infinity Boat
A boat breaks the evening quiet as it slowly motors past. Fujifilm 200
Wicked Trees
A characteristic of the area are these trees that seemingly bend over along with the branches that grow straight up from them. Fujifilm 200
Sugar Cane National Recreation Trail
We hiked part of this trail as it circles around the lake. It appears to be a National Recreation Trail. Fujifilm 200
Caney Lake Woods
Fujifilm 200
Goalposts
Another example of these trees that bend near horizontally. Fujifilm 200
Morning on the Lake
Fujifilm Superia Xtra 400
Caney Lakes Trees
Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes – Dam Spillway
Dad is standing out on the spillway for the upper lake. Fujifilm Superia Xtra 400
Caney Lakes – Dam Spillway
The spillway goes from the upper lake into the lower lake. Fujifilm Superia Xtra 400
Caney Lakes Dam
Standing on the dam between the upper and lower lakes. The Caney Lakes Recreation Area was built by the Army Corp of Engineers. The upper lake is formed by this dam and the lower lake by another dam southwest of us. Caney Lakes
Campsite Overlooking the Lake
Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes – Dam
Fujifilm Superia Xtra 400
Fog on the Lake
Fog formed on the upper lake Saturday morning. Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes – Sugar Cane Trail
The Sugar Cane trail passes over the dam and wraps around the South part of the upper lake. Fujifilm Superia Xtra 400
Campfire
Fujifilm 200
Fog on the Lake
Fujifilm 200
Caney Lakes – Dam
Looking back at the boat ramp area from the south side of the dam. On the right is the upper lake, where the boat ramp and campground are, and on the left is the lower lake. Fujifilm Superia Xtra 400
Our Campsite
Fujifilm 200
The fourth roll of film was a roll of Kodak Ektachrome E100 slide film. This film stock is easily my favorite thing to shoot. I love its fine grain and the colors. I also especially like that it is reversal film and I get a transparency that I can project onto a screen. The slides that I shot at the lakes follow:
Upper Lake
Kodak Ektachrome E100
Upper Lake Boat Ramp
Kodak Ektachrome E100
Upper Lake
Kodak Ektachrome E100
Secret Fishing Pier
Kodak Ektachrome E100
Campsite
Kodak Ektachrome E100
In the Cane
Kodak Ektachrome E100
Shortwave Scanning
Behind away from city, I was curious if shortwave reception was better. I was able to get one of the time signals. I scanned for stations later at night with better results. Kodak Ektachrome E100
Caney Lakes
Kodak Ektachrome E100
Morning on the Upper Lake
Kodak Ektachrome E100
Sugar Cane Trail
Hiking down the trail. Kodak Ektachrome E100
Fishing in the Spillway
A handful of people were fishing the morning we hiked the trail. Kodak Ektachrome E100
Fishing in the Spillway
Kodak Ektachrome E100
Caney Lakes – Dam
Kodak Ektachrome E100
Lower Lake
Kodak Ektachrome E100
Looking Across the Lake
Looking across the lake at where the campgrounds are. Kodak Ektachrome E100
Admiring the View
There was a hill along the trail that was at least fifty feet above the lake, providing a pleasant view. Kodak Ektachrome E100
Looking Across the Lake
Looking across the lake at where the campgrounds are. Kodak Ektachrome E100
Caney Lakes – Sugar Cane Trail
Kodak Ektachrome E100
Caney Lakes – Sugar Cane Trail Bridge
Kodak Ektachrome E100
Caney Lakes – Dam Spillway
River-like feature after the spillway provides an almost painting like view. Kodak Ektachrome E100
Caney Lakes – Sugar Cane Trail
Photo op. Kodak Ektachrome E100
Caney Lakes – Sugar Cane Trail
Kodak Ektachrome E100
