Heading west we took highway 10 through Baton Rogue to Lafayette, off the highway to Abbeville (the most Cajun place on earth), then into the middle of nowhere near the coastal swamps to Palmetto Island State park. The Audubon guide says Louisiana is defined by wetlands, the state’s brackish and freshwater marshlands account for about 40% of the nations total. Lush swamps and sloughs are dissected by a labyrinth of rivers and tidal creeks, which provide stopovers for migrating songbirds. It rained most of the day.
Baton Rogue over the Mississippi. Highway 10 between Baton Rogue and Lafayette is a long bridge over the Atchafalaya river basin. The river is one of the last overflow rivers in North America. An overflow river is a river that runs over its bank, saturating the surrounding areas. It is cypress-tupelo bottom lands and is North Americas largest river basin swamp. It is hard to tell, but the trees are starting to bud and green up a bit. There were big patches of yellow flowers. Spring is almost here.
Our campsite at Palmetto State Park. We visited here on our way out here, but did not camp here. It is really pretty and has among other things a couple canoe trails. The campground is almost deserted. It is really dark at night and very quiet, except for the frogs , birds ,armadillos, alligators ,deer, nutria and feral hogs. The campground is new. This is one of the comfort stations, it looks like a cozy cabin. Screened in porches, free washers and dryers, nice showers.
I hung the masterpiece. It really needs a bigger wall to show it off properly, but this is what we have.
Dinner: I reheated Johns delicious butternut bisque and made sandwiches with pork John BBQ'ed the other day and lots of veges and goat cheese. John gave it the 2 thumbs up rating.
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