Saturday May 11 2024
Saturday May 11th
We only had one full day in the Lafayette area and it was a good looking one.
After breakfast we headed to McGee Swamp Tours to rent a canoe and paddle a
bayou. The bayou we chose was called Atchafalaya, located 30 km east of Lafayette,
LA. It is not a wilderness area by any stretch with lots of fishermen (fishing very
popular around here) and boats in general. However, it was interesting paddling
through a cypress swamp, with Spanish Moss laden trees. The canoe was a bit
clunky, designed for beginner paddlers and very wide across the middle. They
also supplied us with kayak paddles, which worked but were not as efficient as canoe
paddles. I think the kayak paddles are easier for beginners. We spent a couple
of hours paddling a nice circuit through the trees, we were startled a couple
of times by fish jumping right beside the canoe, but we didn’t see any gators
and not a lot of birds.
After the paddle we met a young German woman who was travelling for 4 weeks
in the south and east US. She was camping solo in a tent and said it was
sometimes hard to find a campsite that would let her pitch her tent. A lot of
the private campgrounds are RV only it seems. Luckily the state campgrounds are
open to all types of camping.
We returned to our campground, did a wash and spent the rest of the
afternoon at the lovely campground pool. The air temperature was very warm, so
a swim at the pool was refreshing and relaxing. There was only one other family
at the pool, so we more or less had it to ourselves.
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| Born on the bayou |
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| Lookin' for gators |
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| Cool Cypress tree swamp |
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| Happy hour after our swim |
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