2. 2008

New Orleans, LA

We never had plans for going this far south, but since we did, we stopped in at the French Quarter for food and a wildlife preserve for gators.
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Tracy looks out across the wide open swampland next to a bayou that borders the Barataria Preserve.
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Tracy looks out across the wide open swampland next to a bayou that borders the Barataria Preserve.

Tracy BorlandLouisiannaNew OrleansAnimals2008

  • A vacant building in the French Quarter stands above the city with a gaping hole in its side.
  • One of the locals stands peacefully in the street waiting for someone to take a ride.
  • New Orleans is a very old town with lots of color everywhere.
  • Brilliantly colored architecture surrounds us in the French Quarter.
  • Balconies flower in bright colors over the streets of New Orleans.
  • Orange bricks brighten the streetfront on this building in the French Quarter.
  • We visited the famous Bourbon Street, of course.
  • We visited the Barataria Wildlife Preserve with little in the way of expectations, since it sits right on the edge of New Orleans. We were pleasantly surprised, however, with our first few steps down the boardwalk presenting us with magnificent Bald Cypress covered in streams of flowing moss.
  • Short palmettos grow thick in the swamp at the Barataria Preserve.
  • Tiny swamp plants cover the surface of still waters in the marshes at Barataria Preserve.
  • A spider floats in the air near a leaf caught in its web.
  • Stobs of old roots stick out of the ground near the base of a cypress.
  • A lizard makes a flying escape from camera range just a moment too late.
  • Green swamp foliage disguises this huge frog hanging out near the pathway.
  • A tiny lizard peers through the leaves at the camera that watches back.
  • A snake holds steady in the cluttered waters of the swamp.
  • Moss streams down from the branches of the trees to the water's surface.
  • Tracy smiles at the camera, thoroughly enjoying the southern scenery.
  • A stealthy alligator sits on the shoreline, ready to take off into the water at our approach.
  • Tracy looks out across the wide open swampland next to a bayou that borders the Barataria Preserve.
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