We spent a few days in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Our first day we spent exploring the town. We walked down an area of town that had some very old houses that were at least 110 years old.
The next day we spent the whole day in the motor home because it was raining hard most of the day.
What is Grandma looking at?
BIRDS!
Grandma Carol is looking out over the Louisiana Sabine National Wildlife Refuge. That's a very fancy name for swamp lands. The swamp went for miles in every direction.
Learn more about this fascinating area.
The swamp is home to thousands of birds. Aunt Barbara would have been proud of us. We even brought a spotting scope. We saw many beautiful bird but they were too far away to take pictures.
Louisiana is also famous for it's ALLIGATORS !
I wonder why this alligator is smiling?
This is a baby gator that Carol found in the grass. It is about 10 inches long.
This is the biggest gator we saw and it was also the closest! I took this picture from inside the car about 10 yards away.....and that was too close! I'm sure it weighed over a hundred pounds.
Google search Alligators
Did you know that there are 10 alligators for every person in Louisiana? That's a lot of gators. Especially since they were almost hunted into extinction.
We spent the whole day out in the swamp lands. We didn't get back to the motor home until after dark. Driving home we saw this beautiful sunset.
Driving along the Louisiana Coast we came to a small beach town that was completely destroyed by hurricane Rita. It is called Holly beach. They are starting to rebuild
Why are all the homes built on stilts?
Google: Hurricane Rita
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The Storm Surge was 20 feet high. Anything less than 20 feet above sea level was swept away. Tomorrow we are driving to Baton Rouge. Love Grandpa & Grandma |
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