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Swamp tour= the Atchafalaya

While in the area of the Atchafalaya Swamp, there are a few things that really cannot be missed. Since we already took care of a few of those things, we had one more to do. Here is the swamp list.

THINGS TO DO IN THE SWAMPS

⊗ EAT CRAWDADS (thanks CJ and Abel)

⊗ TASTE GATOR (thanks again, CJ and Abel)

    RIDE AN AIRBOAT

We found a rough little camping location on the side of a levee near Breaux Bridge (pronounced BROBRIDGE in all one word like drawbridge)  named McGees Landing.  After settling in to our grassy, riverside camping spot we booked a two-hour airboat tour.  It was great.  Here are a few highlights:

The airboat drives right up on the shore to park. It runs on a huge V6 engine.
Airboat captain Byron. Very knowledgable about the swamp. Lives on a small house-boat nearby.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are the people who rode the airboat with us. We had the “front row= bugs in the teeth” seats!!

 

 

Boating under the Breaux Bridge along I-10 through the Atchafalaya Swamp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We saw five different alligators. Here is one of them!

 

 

Here is that gator, even closer!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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