Day 6 part 2. Jungle Gardens, Louisiana

More pictures from Jungle Gardens.  Wildlife, critters, creepie crawlies, and pure beauty. 

 

Day 6 – Jungle Gardens at Avery Island, Louisiana

On day 6, we spent the day at Jungle Gardens.  It is located on Avery Island.  Avery Island is where the Tabasco factory is.  The guy that invented Tabasco lived on the island and planted this garden and created a bird sanctuary.  We didn’t get to tour the factory because we spent the entire day at the gardens, which is 250 acres.  I really wasn’t that interested in going, but once we got in there, it was like paradise.  It was absolutely beautiful.  Completely different from anything I’ve ever seen before.  A definite must for anyone going to southern Louisiana.  I took a lot of pictures and would like to post them all so there will be 5 posts on the Jungle Gardens.  I hope you don’t get tired of the pictures, but we saw so many beautiful things, I want you to see them too.

As soon as we drove in there, I felt like we were transported back to the 1800’s.  The moss covered trees were out of this world beautiful.  And everything was SOOOO green. 

Within the first 5 minutes, the girls spotted these creatures.  And since they aren’t afraid of the things that go bump in the night, they just had to touch and hold them.  They were huge.  And ugly.  And I did not touch or hold one. 

      

We found this path that was sort of hidden.  We are explorers so we decided to check it out.  It was very pretty.

A lot of the trees were covered in this fluorescent green stuff.  I’m sure there’s a name for it, but I don’t know what it it.  It looks like spray paint, but it isn’t. It’s some kind of growth on the wood.   It is absolutely beautiful. 

This little guy was face level and I about walked right into him.  We had to become contortionists to get by his web.  We didn’t want to ruin it.  Isn’t he a cute little feller?

Another little guy that Sarabeth caught.  Isn’t he adorable?  He was so tiny. 

Tune in tomorrow for part 2 with more pictures.  I promise you won’t regret it.

Day 5 part 2

After our trip to New Iberia to see where Don works, we headed to Cypress Point Beach.  It was a pretty drive there. 

 

Louisiana is very flat. No mountains. That was different since I’ve lived in Idaho my whole life.  For the most part, we didn’t like it there.  But we did see a few pretty sites while there. We saw a lot of alligators there.  The first day, we were very excited every time we saw one.  By day 3, we had seen enough.  They were like seeing dogs and cats.  They are very plentiful in Louisiana.  And very tasty, I might add.     The girls loved the beach.  I didn’t get in the water though because it was a bit chilly.  I sat and played in the sand and took pictures while Don and the girls played in the water.  

They are all water babies.     A storm rolled in while we were at the beach.  Storms are also plentiful in Louisiana.  I thought it was beautiful so I snapped a few pictures. 

     

Road Trip 2009 Day 5 New Iberia, Louisiana

On day 5 of our road trip, we spent the day in New Iberia, Louisiana. This is where Don’s company headquarters is located. He took us for a tour around the place. We saw a lot of helicopters and were able to sit in a couple of them. We didn’t get to go for any rides though.

Future pilots?

This was an old helicopter that is no longer flown. It was pretty big and pretty weird looking. I love the “nose” on it.

Watching a helicopter taking off.

A pretty sky while we were waiting.

What do ya think? Should I take some flying lessons? No, I don’t think so.

Don was really excited that we were able to go see where he works. This was the whole reason we went on our road trip.