[kms61]

I guess it all depends on what a person's interests are. There's good deer hunting, and if fishing is your thing, Toldo Bend Reservoir is a short drive from Ft Polk.

OTOH, it IS out in the middle of nowhere, with not much in the way of cultural diversions, and it's blistering hot in the summer, and cold and rainy in the winter.

But I've lived about an hour away from Polk most of my life, and I kinda like it around here :-)

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

I live in Lafayette, and I spent many a weekend and several months at Fort Polk, and while the scenery is beautiful(the woods and hills of central Louisiana are fabulous), it loses its luster compared to the drawbacks, Leesville being the first one. I can't think of too many posts where virtually the entire neighboring town is off limits to the troops for their own safety. And the weather is extreme. Totalling up my active duty for Desert Shield/Storm, weekend and annual training, I spent about a year there, and I can count on one hand the number of days where the weather could be considered pleasant.