Trip to Florida, post #107 -- Atchafalaya Basin Bridge, & north toward Alexandria
Jun 29, 2016 15:19:32 #
We have turned toward our home in Columbus, Nebraska, from our travels in Florida.
These are from March 01, Day 9 of our trip, when we traveled from Pascagoula, Mississippi to Mena, Arkansas.
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These are from March 01, Day 9 of our trip, when we traveled from Pascagoula, Mississippi to Mena, Arkansas.
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1) Crossing the 18.2-mile-long Atchafalaya Basin Bridge.
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2) The swamp covers an area of about 1,400,000 acres -- 20 miles in width from east to west, and 150 miles in length.
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5) Thunderstorm ahead
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6) Goat ranch
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9) The rain begins
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Jun 30, 2016 19:45:14 #
Jun 30, 2016 20:01:06 #
pianist38 wrote:
We have turned toward our home in Columbus, Nebraska, from our travels in Florida.
These are from March 01, Day 9 of our trip, when we traveled from Pascagoula, Mississippi to Mena, Arkansas.
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These are from March 01, Day 9 of our trip, when we traveled from Pascagoula, Mississippi to Mena, Arkansas.
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I like 7 and 8.
Jun 30, 2016 20:24:01 #
PAR4DCR wrote:
The basin is truly an amazing place. Glad you got to see it Sarah.
Don
Don
As we drove along, I looked it up online, and found all sorts of wonderful and amazing and intriguing things about it. How did I live my whole life and know practically nothing about the Basin?!
Jun 30, 2016 20:25:03 #
photophile wrote:
I like 7 and 8.
Thank you, Karin! Stormclouds in darks and lights always do their bit to spice up the photos, don't they? :-)
Jun 30, 2016 21:56:00 #
Jun 30, 2016 22:57:55 #
sailorsmom wrote:
More enjoyable images, Sarah! Man, that's one BIG swamp, isn't it?
Yes, and just listen to this:
The Atchafalaya Basin may be one of the last refuges for such endangered species as the Peregrine Falcon, the Florida Panther, Bachman’s Warbler and the Ivory Bill Woodpecker. There are over 300 bird species that make the Basin their home. About 100 species of fish, crawfish, shrimp and crabs support sport and commercial fishing, and feed birds, reptiles and mammals. Other animals that call the Atchafalaya home are the endangered Louisiana black bear, white tail deer, bobcat, coyote, alligator, beaver, nutria, mink, otter, musk rat, armadillo, fox and opossum. Overall, the Atchafalaya Basin is home to nine Federal and State listed endangered/threatened wildlife species, six endangered/threatened bird species, twenty-nine rookeries, greater than forty mammalian species, over forty reptile species and more than twenty amphibian species.
Information from http://www.basinkeeper.org/.
And thanks, Sue!
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