Leaving Summerdale
We pulled out of the Rainbow Plantation this morning. It was a very friendly place to stay. We had a really good time while we were there, made some new friends and saw some of the gulf coast and other interesting sights. One of the best parts was getting to spend more time with Carol and Roger (they left yesterday to go back to Murfreesboro). We will go back to Summerdale sometime on our travels.
We drove a little less than 300 miles today - we forgot to reset the mileage indicator. We went west on I-10, over Mobile Bay -- a very looong bridge. In western Mississippi we saw evidence of Hurricane Katrina damage; mostly dead trees. We saw one crew taking down dead trees, and lots of new construction going on. I-10 didn't go closer than 5 to 6 miles to the coast, so we probably didn't see the worst of the damage.
A while after going through Baton Rouge Louisiana, we found ourselves driving on an elevated part of I-10; the road was only about 10 feet or so above swampy land. Lots of bare trees, some solid ground but mostly muck, not very scenic. This elevated portion must have been at least 30 miles long. It seemed very foreign looking to us midwesterners. I didn't have the camera in the truck but doubt I could have gotten any shots while we were driving anyway, and there was no place to pull off. I saw a sign that said "Atchafalaya Basin", so I Googled it after we stopped for the night. Here is what I found out:
"The Atchafalaya Basin is a semi-wilderness area of almost one million acres. It is one of the last of the great river swamps in the nation and the largest contiguous tract of bottomland hardwoods in the U.S., with cypress stands, marshes and bayous."
Wow - I am sure it is ecologically important, and maybe it looks better when everthing is green, but it sure looks dismal this time of year. Could have been a set for a movie about a swamp monster.
We are parked for the night in Crowley LA and will head on to Livingston TX in the morning.
Quote for the day:
Only in America do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'. unknown
We drove a little less than 300 miles today - we forgot to reset the mileage indicator. We went west on I-10, over Mobile Bay -- a very looong bridge. In western Mississippi we saw evidence of Hurricane Katrina damage; mostly dead trees. We saw one crew taking down dead trees, and lots of new construction going on. I-10 didn't go closer than 5 to 6 miles to the coast, so we probably didn't see the worst of the damage.
A while after going through Baton Rouge Louisiana, we found ourselves driving on an elevated part of I-10; the road was only about 10 feet or so above swampy land. Lots of bare trees, some solid ground but mostly muck, not very scenic. This elevated portion must have been at least 30 miles long. It seemed very foreign looking to us midwesterners. I didn't have the camera in the truck but doubt I could have gotten any shots while we were driving anyway, and there was no place to pull off. I saw a sign that said "Atchafalaya Basin", so I Googled it after we stopped for the night. Here is what I found out:
"The Atchafalaya Basin is a semi-wilderness area of almost one million acres. It is one of the last of the great river swamps in the nation and the largest contiguous tract of bottomland hardwoods in the U.S., with cypress stands, marshes and bayous."
Wow - I am sure it is ecologically important, and maybe it looks better when everthing is green, but it sure looks dismal this time of year. Could have been a set for a movie about a swamp monster.
We are parked for the night in Crowley LA and will head on to Livingston TX in the morning.
Quote for the day:
Only in America do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'. unknown
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