My journey to Lincoln Beach, and padding post count.

nolaegghead

So my buddy Dylan (not eggcelsior) but our Brisket Camp lawyer has been going stir-crazy.  He's living in a misfit pet hospice.  One of his dogs had a stroke, received thousands of dollars in ICU care, now is blind, deaf, incontinent, and needs around the clock care, which his wife provides.  They throw all their resources into every animal to give it a chance for life.  I have many stories of their animals I could talk about them for days.  Off track, sorry.

So anyway, his wife texted me - "you need to take Dylan out on your boat or something, he's depressed with <insert pet name here> and he needs a break, plus he's dealing with some crazy work stuff...etc.

I'm like, sure.  He likes photography, I like photography.  I thought I could leverage that interest with a boat trip to a remote archeological site I've been interested in visiting.  Plus boating is fun.  Night boating even more so.  Add danger from satanic cults, bums, drifters and criminals on the lamb.

I told him, let me know when you have an evening free, we'll go out to Lincoln Beach.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Beach_amusement_park

So Lincoln Beach was a colored beach - the counterpart to Pontchartrain Beach, which was New Orleans white beach.  This was back in the Jim Crow days.  Lincoln beach closed in 1964 when Pontchartrain Beach was desegregated.  So it's gone through entropy, hurricanes, tropical storms, bum encampments and the works for the last 50 years. 

Long story short, I worked today, picked up and dropped off my house painter and we left with the boat around 6PM to Seabrook Bridge launch for a trip in Lake Pontchartrain to visit the remote ruins of the "colored beach".  We anticipated returning in the dark, and we brought a generator and some flood lights for the impending rescue that wasn't needed. Or night fishing for specs.

We got back around 10:30, cleaned up the boat and pressure washed it and now I'm back at home and will share some cell phone pics of the trip.  School night trips are fun!

nolaegghead

Threw in a generator and some flood lights in case of darkness.

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Water was shallow around the ruined park.  Had to troll in, like I do on this forum.

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50 years of neglect, and storms took it's toll.  It was very overgrown, and graffiti everywhere.

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There were some bum encampments, we didn't see anyone, but I grabbed the boat keys when we trekked away from the shore.

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Trash all over from squatters, bums.  This is a pretty remote location, but people manage to get there and live in squalor.

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Headed home.  Beautiful sunset.  Got a bit choppy, got a bit wet.  Getting out of the beach was a beotch, we had to get out and push the boat through some sand bars.

Got dark on the way home, love boating at night.

That's all.  Hope you enjoyed.

johnmitchell

Great post... Awesome pics and good on you for getting your friend's mind off some pretty heavy stuff.. Also nice looking boat..

YukonRon

That was a great read, thank you for sharing Lincoln Beach. I was very young during the 60s segregation movement. I witnessed the begginning of the change, that by law, happened overnight, but by people's ignorance of one another, has taken years. 
The remnants that remain of that time are indeed a bit of history.
Cool read. Great pictures. Hope Dylan got the escape he needed. You are a good man, and a great friend.

shtgunal3

That was a pretty good post count padding post. 

Darby_Crenshaw

@nolaegghead You need to inlcude a pic of some fairly mundane food in order for this to count toward your 1000 food-related threads, in order to be counted among the self-proclaimed relevants. 

We'll get there though everyone. We all can do it if we try. 

It might be easier and quicker tho if a few of us decide to pool together. If four of us each post 250 threads about chicken and a weekly steak and similar stuff, then we could divide 1 unit of "BGE forum superiority" among the group 

just a thought. Having .25 Forum Credibility is better than nothing. 

thinking tonight i will post a hot dog cook

other than that, great post

texaswig

Very cool. Photography exploring is fun. That and boating are stress relievers for sure. 

saluki2007

Great pics.  Looks like a great place to explorer.  How far of a trip was it?  Seemed like a long trip for a dingy

DoubleEgger

texaswig said:

That and boating are stress relievers for sure. 

Only when the boat is running...

Jeepster47

Neat trip and great pics ... thanks for posting.

fishlessman

cool night trip,  when i used to go out on the salt at night it was with an old loran-c. gps rules now, i used to miss destinations by 40 miles, even beached the boat at 30 mph once and had to wait for the tides to turn so quiet and peaceful out there at night

Thatgrimguy

Very cool. I'm going to have to drag the pontoon over sometime for some exploration

Legume

Darby_Crenshaw said:

@nolaegghead You need to inlcude a pic of some fairly mundane food in order for this to count toward your 1000 food-related threads, in order to be counted among the self-proclaimed relevants. 

We'll get there though everyone. We all can do it if we try. 

It might be easier and quicker tho if a few of us decide to pool together. If four of us each post 250 threads about chicken and a weekly steak and similar stuff, then we could divide 1 unit of "BGE forum superiority" among the group 

Great story and bit of history.

Here are some chicken pics for you to qualify as a food thread. Of course, this is even better in the egg.

tarheelmatt

Man, I'd love to get out there with my camera and tripod!  Thanks for posting.  

Dondgc

Thanks for posting.  That was a smart move taking the boat keys with you Yesterday evening was spectacular on the lake.  We had guests in town and took them to the seawall to watch the sunset and sailboats.  Beautiful evening.

fishlessman

Legume said:

Darby_Crenshaw said:

@nolaegghead You need to inlcude a pic of some fairly mundane food in order for this to count toward your 1000 food-related threads, in order to be counted among the self-proclaimed relevants. 

We'll get there though everyone. We all can do it if we try. 

It might be easier and quicker tho if a few of us decide to pool together. If four of us each post 250 threads about chicken and a weekly steak and similar stuff, then we could divide 1 unit of "BGE forum superiority" among the group 

Great story and bit of history.

Here are some chicken pics for you to qualify as a food thread. Of course, this is even better in the egg.

thats how they make the famous mingah valley chicken barbs up here. used to be on all the menus, shred it up, dollop of mayo, single slice of lettuce, hamburger bunn...the chicken barb, i grew up on those

Nole_Fan

Nice little Key Largo.  That 4stroke 75 looks huge on it!

 

Be sure to post any other pictures that were taken with the good cameras, I am sure they are great.  Good history lesson!

GATraveller

Good post.  I felt like I was on the excursion with you. 

buzd504

I have never heard of such a place.

bgebrent

Cool post Carey!  And good of you help out a friend.

ScottNC

Great post and pictures, interesting place. You captured a bunch in the shots, did you get the feeling you maybe were being watched? Looks like a place you do a lot of digging around although maybe a bit risky. Thanks for posting.

northGAcock

What a great outing and great pictures. Beautiful sunset....worth the price of admission alone. Appreciate your sharing.

JRWhitee

Great post and pictures, I had no idea about the beaches and that one was named after me. Thanks for sharing.