Down in the Bayou

Ryan, a guy here at work, offered to take Doug and I on a true swamp tour (Thanks Ryan!), since he grew up in the bayou down south of Houma, LA. See a map/picture HERE. It was very interesting to experience the area, and to see how fishing communities live at the end of civilization. Here are some pictures I took.

There are quite a few dead trees that were once large live oaks. The disappearing wetlands cause salt water to intrude deeper inland, submerging and killing the trees.



Huge spiders like this banana spider line the edges of the canals. This one was about 3 or 4 inches long.



If anyone knows what kind of bird this is, speak up!



We saw a good many gators, but no really big ones. These were about 5 foot'ers.





Ryan called this area Alligator Alley.



If you look at the map I linked too, this area is at the bottom of the map, close to the open water.

Laziness and Open House

First, I'd like to apologize for not posting lately. What can I say... I'm a slacker!

Michoud had an open house last Saturday, so my family was finally able to see where I work. So today's pictures will be from the open house. I think Lockheed Martin did a great job... Maybe too good! The kids were exhausted before it was all over. :-)









To get a sense of scale, there are some people standing at the bottom of this picture.