Spent the morning taking a swamp tour. This particular one is now part of the National Park system. I was extremely hot and humid but not too bad when we were moving.
Our path through the duck weed. This is actually a man made canal, the bayou was further ahead. She was the largest alligator we saw. Our guide estimated she weighed over 400 pounds and told us not to fall in, a real comic.
Another view. She was just one of many that we saw on our tour. The little shack on the right was a movie prop. Burt Reynolds had it built to shoot two scenes in the movie, Tempted.
Owen and one of his new pets and a smiling close up.
This pretty little plant, a water hyacinth, is an invasive species. It is over taking the bayou and destroying the natural habitat, they do spray to get rid of it but it still chokes the waterway. Owen holding the real gator.
Most of the locals we came in contact with were very opinionated about life after Katrina both good and bad. There is still a great deal of empty store fronts and boarded up houses. Many people left and just never came back. New Orleans was once the most populated city in Louisiana but since Katrina it is now Baton Rouge.
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