Sulphur River Gallery 38
Colvert Creek
This is about as isolated and off-the-beaten-track
as one can get in Northeast Texas. After crossing the Sulphur
River bridge on US 67 from Cass into Bowie County, about a mile
from there is this County Road 4307 which turns to the left (northwest)
and parallels the Sulphur River for about 6 miles. Colvert Creek
is located northwest of this road and circles around south of
Eds Creek, to flow into the Sulphur River just south of where
this county road intersects US 67. There are absolutely no signs
of life along this road -- no houses, no farms, no vehicles. I
didn't pass a single vehicle during the time I took these photos.
About 2 miles south of I-30, there is another county road 4331
which turns left (southwest) and probably provides access to the
river; but I didn't bother to see where it led. The distance from
this road to the river varies from a half-mile to a mile. Despite
the remote boondocks location of this area, there was nevertheless
a lot of beer-can type litter along the road. America is becoming
the litter-capital of the world. The amount of litter on the city
streets of Mount Pleasant is incredible. I could only shake my
head in disbelief at all the litter in such an ultra-rural area
as this. In extremely rainy periods when Lake Wright Patman is
full, some of this Colvert Creek area undoubtedly would be flooded
and impassable.
About midway between US 67 and I-30,
this county road has no gravel on it. In wet, muddy periods I
would never have been able to drive along this road. Fortunately
when I took the photos, it was dry as a bone; nonetheless, I had
to proceed very slowly because of all the ruts in the dried mud,
which often scraped against the bottom of my car. If, by chance,
I'd run into a muddy stretch and gotten stuck, I would have been
up "shit creek"! No doubt about it! Feel "lucky"
to see such photos as these.
This is a view looking northeast
from the I-30 bridge where County Road 4307 crosses the highway,
heading north to the area around Eds Creek.
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