It was a beautiful sunny day. We took a drive down to Lafitte and went on a swamp tour. On air boats. John did not want to go, but he humored me. The boats are loud, but the swamps are huge and you need a big boat to see much. We went on the last tour of the day and got beautiful late afternoon light. We saw gators and tons of birds. The guide even caught a huge catfish at the end of the ride. Even John liked the ride when it was said and done.
The tours are off. The airboats went to fast they blew up our jackets.
Here we are , air boating, the first gator sighting
The second gator sighting, and I could not resist riding this one
views of the swamp
met another boat , and a shot of overhead
swamp views
the marsh is farther out from land, closer to the ocean. The vegetation grows on floating mats that rise up and down with tides and floods. The guide says you can jump up and down on them like a water bed.
Our guide, Captain Jim caught this catfish on the way back. When you live in Lafitte you expect floods-houses on stilts.
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