Photo Gallery One - 2026 Spring Trip - Part 2

It is hard to be in or around Montgomery and not see Hank Williams. Image 1-1 is his statue at the entrance to the Riverfront Park Tunnel. We decided to head a bit out of town and ended up in a town called Wetumpka, Alabama (1-2), on the Coosa River. Image 1-3 is one of many street art projects celebrated by HGTV when it came to Wetumpka to film the rebirth of Company Street. The Coosa River flows from the Piedmont to the Coastal Plain and Wetumpka sits along this line, making it a a geologically significant area.  Image 1-6 is the arch for the Fall Line Overlook Park. It is next to The Kelly Fitzpatrick Art Gallery, where we met a fellow who told us about all this! Images 4-5 are the Coosa from both sides of the Coosa River Bridge (aka Bibb Graves Bridge historically). In the park where we shot the view in Image 1-5, we encountered a large group of teens waiting for a police crew to blow up a door. We waited with them and it was loud! You just never know...

Our next stop was Shreveport, Louisiana. We went downtown early to fly over the river but there is no flying on the Shreveport side of the Red River. We did find lots or interesting arty things. There were many murals, including 1-7, 11, and 12. Image 1-8 is Art the 19' Dalmation with spots that do a light show after dark. Image 1-9 is the old historic Strand Theater. Image 1-10 is a 9' rooster in an old parking lot about which no one seems to know much about the why. It is across the street from the old police complex, and people stop all the time to see the large fowl. It has been painted in the past but is now just white. Interesting art piece with little history!

We drove out of Shreveport to see Caddo Lake and its historic drawbridge (1-13). It is closed now but runs right along side the road. The lake is full of cypress with small communities along its shoreline, like Mooringport (1-14). Nice water tower, many marinas, and little commerce otherwise. When we got back to Shreveport, we stopped at the Water Works Museum (1-15, 16). It told the history of water control and distribution with lots of huge old machinery. Probably could have done a gallery just on the equipment! Before we left, we had to get some pics of the Bakowski Bridge of Lights. We had to go to the other side of the river but it was beautiful! Image 1-17 was the clearly focused picture, but John does like to play with the focusing ring on the lights! (1-18)

 One more day in Shreveport before we leave for New Orleans, so...until next entry!

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Hank Williams
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Wetumpka Postcard
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Welcome HGTV
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Coosa River/Bibb Graves Bridge-1
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Coosa River/Bibb Graves Bridge-2
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Fall Line Overlook Park
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Flower Mural
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Art the Dalmation
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Strand Theater
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9' Rooster Statue
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Caddo Lake Mural
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From Shreveport With Love
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Historic Caddo Lake Drawbridge
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Mooringsport Water Tower
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Water Works Museum-1
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Water Works Museum-2
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Bakowski Bridge of Lights-1
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Bakowski Bridge of Lights-2