Here is how we get to the creek. Notice how lush the woods are. This is a path that we cut with our tractor shortly after we moved to the property. We have left most of the woods natural.
This is a bag swing. It is a burlap bag stuffed with old rags. It is tied ot a rope that is tied to a limb in an Oak tree. The limb is about 50' off the ground. Kids love this swing.
There are two ways to cross the creek on our property. One is a steel bridge that can be walked on or ride a 4-wheeler across. Or this swinging bridge, well you can climb down the creek bank and back up the other side.
The creek is the upper end of Cross Bayou which flows into Cross Lake in Shreveport, Louisiana. As you can see in the pictures on this page our creek is about 30' from bank to bank and about 10' from the top of the creek bank to the bottom of the creek bed. Our 10acres are just under 550' wide and about a 1000' from the north to the south edge. However, we porbably have 1200 to 1500 feet of creek bank. The creek on our property lays like a snake, looping back and fourth. Originally we bought 25 acres and cut a path along the entire notrh bank of the creek. We later divided off two 7 acres plats and gave/sold to our kids.
Some fun can be had here. There is some trails on our property, but we have kept 4-wheelers to the trails.
These things hurt, but are a lot of fun. There have probably been 100,000 paintballs shot in these woods. Sometimes I thought most of them were hitting me.
These pictures were taken in June of 2007 after a big rain. This is the highest that I have seen the creek in the 11 years that we have lived here. It would have to get 30' deeper to reach our house.