Fern Night

Mild less humid conditions this evening. Though peak viewing for meteors was last night ... the meteor shower continues through the end of August.


-- Post From My iPhone

The Viewing

10:09 p.m. The Staff & Management have commenced meteor watch. The night sky over the lake has cleared...dark black sky...full of stars...there goes one...sounds of a boat on the water...bats circling overhead...a big one with a long tail just passed directly over the "Great Wall"...a dog barks...mosquitoes have located me...it's 10:24 p.m. ... Neck begins to ache...waiting...just saw one over the trees to the north...sounds of traffic passin over the bridge by Port au Prince...enthusiasm starting to fade at 10:34 p.m. ... Thinking surely if I give it just a little longer, they will come...coming to the fast realization, I'm no longer the patient observer I once was...10:42 p.m. ... Barking again...many planes have passed over...Lake Claibore is clearly a flight path...a faint one streaks by...reflect on memories of Oohs heard from different parts of the lake in years past when a big one passed overhead...is anyone else out there tonight? ...10:53 p.m. ... buzzing in ear ...0ne just flew south over the boathouse...fear losing blood to Mosquitos...what is that dog barking at...his barking has caused a chorus of others to sound off down the lake...Wow, a gigantic orange 3/4 moon has just appeared above the horizon over the northern part of the lake...it's 11:02 p.m. ....


...didn't realize I could actually insert a live picture until now...I
am assuming I'm missing


hundreds while I peck out this post on the phone...barking...fish
jumping...11:09 p.m. there the fish goes again...turning back to the sky...fish again...if I could just see one more good one...let's try that moon again...whoops ... It got put up above some how????

Well it's now 11:15 p.m. ... I believe I have seen or "not seen" enough meteors to last me another year...11:20 p.m. Bedtime...headed in...

Staff & Management

Meteor Shower Viewing Tonight

It's time to head out for our annual meteor viewing at the lake. Stay up and check out the meteors - one of life's "simple pleasures".

-- Post From My iPhone

Summer Cycles Down...

Summer cycles down...as the usual excitement starts to build for a new school year bringing with it high hopes for our high school and college football teams. We had an enjoyable summer...taking pictures...checkout some of them on the prior month's links posted now on CampTatum.com.

Road Trip to Nashville

We monitored the lake from Nashville...this past weekend...it's a hard trip...but a great place to visit.

Memorial Day Weekend 09

The official start of summer weekend was glorious. The boys came with friends...and it turned out to be a "fishing weekend". The best part...we all actually caught fish and even enjoyed a world famous "CampTatum Breakfast" Memorial Day morning. The weather could have been better but the lake was full of activity all weekend and everyone appeared to be having a great time.

It was nice to be able to take pictures of something other than Sam and his mallard friends.......

We hope you can checkout Lake Claiborne this summer...it is one of Louisiana's best kept secrets.

Ready for A New Season

Buffalo 2009 now belongs to the ages...and it was glorious....

Now...it's time to get ready for a new season...of memories...on the 6400 acre playground. We are looking forward to seeing you up there this summer.