The Creole Nature Trail is 187 miles long and is filled with
millions of birds. Alligators outnumber the population of the parrish
and butterfly’s flock here in the spring. The most logical launch place
is Sulphur. We drove to the first stop, called Blue Goose Trail, a
little over a mile and a half long.
It was bitterly cold and windy. We never did see any water, just some muddy runnels. One bird was feeding close to the entrance than nothing but tall grass and sedges.
We abandoned the trail before we reached the halfway point and moved on to the Nature Trail with board walks, about 10 miles farther up the road.
We walked the mile and a half trail. An observation platform gives a good view of the area with plenty of ponds and low sedge grasses.
I spotted an alligator well hidden in the grass. Jim couldn’t see it at all. The light made it difficult in the camera. I missed the end of his tail.
To estimate the size of a gator, you estimate the space between his eyes and the end of his snout. If it is 6 inches, this guy is six feet long.
We saw crows and sparrows. The weather warmed a bit. We sat for awhile watching the tall grass plumes dance in the wind. The stems are segmented and resemble bamboo. I tried several sites on the internet and could not get a name for this beautiful tall grass.
We moved on to Holly Beach for the night. This town was completely destroyed by a hurricane and has not completely rebuilt. It was once known as the Cajun Riviera where everyone gathered with families for vacations and fun.
I took a walk on the beach, but Jim wouldn’t come out of the motor home with swarms of mosquitoes on the windows. He gets bitten badly while they ignore me.
A couple of guys were setting up to do some night fishing in the surf.
Both are stationed at a nearby army base. This guy was from Pensacola, Florida.
His buddy is from Pennsylvania. Both are MP’s and don’t know much about Louisiana and borrowed poles and decided to go fishing for the first time since landing here. The ocean here forms a ridge and when the tide comes in, some of the water is captured.
The setting sun turned everything pink and pretty.
And,this morning, the sun came up…
…but by the time I ran down to the beach, it was already above the horizon. We see the sun set and rise every day at this time of year.
It was bitterly cold and windy. We never did see any water, just some muddy runnels. One bird was feeding close to the entrance than nothing but tall grass and sedges.
We abandoned the trail before we reached the halfway point and moved on to the Nature Trail with board walks, about 10 miles farther up the road.
We walked the mile and a half trail. An observation platform gives a good view of the area with plenty of ponds and low sedge grasses.
I spotted an alligator well hidden in the grass. Jim couldn’t see it at all. The light made it difficult in the camera. I missed the end of his tail.
To estimate the size of a gator, you estimate the space between his eyes and the end of his snout. If it is 6 inches, this guy is six feet long.
We saw crows and sparrows. The weather warmed a bit. We sat for awhile watching the tall grass plumes dance in the wind. The stems are segmented and resemble bamboo. I tried several sites on the internet and could not get a name for this beautiful tall grass.
We moved on to Holly Beach for the night. This town was completely destroyed by a hurricane and has not completely rebuilt. It was once known as the Cajun Riviera where everyone gathered with families for vacations and fun.
I took a walk on the beach, but Jim wouldn’t come out of the motor home with swarms of mosquitoes on the windows. He gets bitten badly while they ignore me.
A couple of guys were setting up to do some night fishing in the surf.
Both are stationed at a nearby army base. This guy was from Pensacola, Florida.
His buddy is from Pennsylvania. Both are MP’s and don’t know much about Louisiana and borrowed poles and decided to go fishing for the first time since landing here. The ocean here forms a ridge and when the tide comes in, some of the water is captured.
The setting sun turned everything pink and pretty.
And,this morning, the sun came up…
…but by the time I ran down to the beach, it was already above the horizon. We see the sun set and rise every day at this time of year.
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