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Welcome to Louisiana! Finally back west of the Mississippi!
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The wheat stalks looked almost blue along in the Mississippi floodplain in Louisiana
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Sunset as viewed from out tent within Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area
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Our campsite in Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area
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A bloom, a bug, a bike
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Pelicans patrolling the area below an overflow spillway along the Mississippi
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Pelicans patrolling the area below an overflow spillway along the Mississippi
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Humans also found the waters below the spillway prime for fishing
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On the hunt for the center of Louisiana
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The Geographic Center of Louisiana, near Spring Bayou Wildlife Management Area
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The Geographic Center of Louisiana was a hundred feet or so from the "Old River", an oxbow lake from an abandoned meander of the Mississippi River
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A hiding place for escaped decoy ducks?
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They even have a Cochon de Lait Center!
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Mansura: "La Capitale de Cochon de Lait" (literally, "the capital of the suckling pig")
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A statue of a sow pig with her suckling (it's the young ones that the chefs in Mansura are so fond of.)
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Crawfish etouffee--yum!
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Aaron ponders what to fill his plate with in the Millers' kitchen
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A cajun feast--duck gumbo, crawfish etouffee over rice, fried perch, fresh tomatoes, and green beans--YUM!
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The Miller's stained glass handiwork on display in their home
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Posing with our kind hosts in Evergreen, Bob and Carol Miller
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Black Ibis and white egrets fly over a brilliant green rice paddy
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A wheeled, paddle-wheel-powered crawfish harvesting machine!
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A wheeled, paddle-wheel-powered crawfish harvesting machine!
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In this swampy area along a tiny country road, we spotted a group of Roseate Spoonbills
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In this swampy area along a tiny country road, we spotted a group of Roseate Spoonbills
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The Roseate Spoonbills take to the air
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Camping behind the police/fire station in Basile
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Ripe, sweet strawberries and a cold summer Shandy: a great dinner warmup on a hot summer day!
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Mimosa blossoms like cotton candy along the riverside trail in Sam Houston Jones State Park
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An unidentified flower along the banks of the Calcasieu
