We’re in Louisiana! A bit different here – swamps, cotton fields, and wildlife everywhere. We were greeted by raccoons when we checked into the State Park – so cool! Lake Fausee is pretty much a nature preserve of sorts – check out the alligators below!
Our campsite was nestled in the trees along a water way. Small boats would cruise by real slow headed to the open waters of the nearby lake. We even had a fishing dock at our site – but look what the sign said – YIKES!
We got on our bikes and rode the trails and the bridges across the swampy areas. There were lots of rough spots with roots and rocks and various hills. We had fun but had to walk our bikes in some areas (and we were feel’n the bumps on our backside – uncomfortable to say the least! 🙂 Dennis had to try out the Tarzan vines hanging from the trees!
We had no data service at our campsite, but found “one bar” on this bridge so Lorree could work her JP business. The water way under the bridge was covered with live water plants floating on top – looks like a meadow but it’s water …with alligators!!
Yep – there ARE alligators in the swamp waters! And also big turtles! The alligators and the turtles would get on a log and have a staring contest – we never saw who won :)! The turtles would also climb up on a single log and line up we suppose to get warmed by the sun. So fun to see these critters in their natural place.
This is sooo funny! The camp host was a single guy who rode by on his Gator several times a day. One evening Dennis was cooking up some steaks. The host stopped by on the road and asked Dennis a question. Dennis went over to him to hear what he said. “I was just ask’n if ya’ll are cooking up some squirrel for supper?” He was serious! Dennis didn’t know what to say … 🙂
Surprise! They had a splash pond in the middle of the campground. Since there were so many signs about not swimming in the waters we guess they had to do something for the kids. Pretty smart!
This was a real nice State Park except for having no data service, fresh out of squirrel, and we couldn’t go swimming!