Swamp Thing

One of the highlights of my trip so far has been taking a swamp tour.  I drove to the picturesque town of Breaux Bridge to meet Butch, an umpteenth-generation Cajun who was to be my guide to all things bayou, backwater, swamp, and slough.  For two hours we cruised around in his flat-bottomed boat, as he drawled away about the flora and fauna of the swamp, about how it was carved out by the snake-tail of the Mississippi whipping back and forth over thousands of years.  It was awesome.