Atchafalaya Swamp

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It's raining as we drive to Atchafalaya Sugar cane Welcome to Henderson Entering the Atchafalaya McGee's swamp tours McGee's is at the edge of the wetlands A couple of airboats Our tour boats Some people live in the wetlands Bald cypress trees grow right in the water Another grove of bald cypress Cypress trees and dark clouds We go under the I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge Another view of the bridge A closer look at the cypress trees Remnants of a railroad bridge Texaco's private canal A blue heron June's tour boat Lots of these pretty yellow flowers June takes a picture Pete's tour boat Pete waves A snowy egret hunting for food Waiting for alligators Here's an alligator now A kingfisher sits on a power line Another blue heron Cypress stumps due to logging See ya later, Alligator We arrive for lunch at Pat's Fisherman's Wharf Restaurant Steam shack A huge dance floor inside Bayou Portage Back to our riverboat in the fog June brings an alligator home with her