These pictures (mostly by Jessa) didn't fit into the previous posts, but I like them too much to omit them altogether. So here are a few more images from Louisiana.
Starting on the North Shore... This first set were taken at Slidell; more specifically, from the balcony of our rented flat in Eden Isles.
[The twin-span (a.k.a. Frank Davis Memorial Bridge), carrying I-10 over Lake Pontchartrain, disappears into the haze.]
[Early morning, with "our" canal in the foreground, Pontchartrain beyond.]
[Black-bellied whistling-duck.]
[Dew on spiderweb.]
[Snowy egret hunting the canal's shallows.]
Moving on to Lacombe...
[Azaleas in bloom.]
[Spider lily on Bayou Lacombe.]
[Bayou Lacombe.]
[Live oak and Spanish moss. Lacombe has several spots like this, where the road divides to accommodate an old established tree. More municipalities should follow suit.]
[Laughing gull.]
...and Madisonville.
[Tchefuncte River Lighthouse.]
[Derelict. I'm sure there's a story here, but I don't know it...]
[Bayou draining into the Tchefuncte.]
[Preening ring-billed gull.]
[Royal tern.]
From our day in New Orleans.
[Ferns growing along the riverwalk.]
[Herring gull.]
[Double-crested cormorant. Or cold-brewed cormorant, if I let auto-correct have its way.]
[Wildflowers growing along the wharf.]
[Ship's hull on the Mississippi.]
And finally, southern Louisiana, at and on the way to and from Grand Isle.
[Another snowy egret.]
[Roseate spoonbill.]
[Marshes, with live-oak snag and boat-tailed grackle.]
[Tri-coloured heron, a.k.a. Louisiana heron.]
[Great egret.]
[Another cold-brewed cormorant. Damn it.]
[Brown pelican.]
[Mink tracks in the dunes.]
[Scenes from the beach at Grand Isle.]
[Beach bunny: cottontail amidst cattails and sedges.]
[Abandoned house.]
[Sunset over La.-1, a fitting end to our tour.]
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