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Waterlogged at Delacroix

It was a little wet out there today. Delacroix is at a lower elevation than the Woodlands site, so retains much more water (which we had fun sloshing through!)

Day9

Today while doing our work in the swamp we came across a giant Thistle. The Thistle stood around 5 feet. Much larger then our thistle in California.  

Day 9

After a day of rain the swamps were full of water. Roughly 1-2 feet of standing water.  Alex in the picture below is taking off his shoe as it was full of water from stepping in the wrong place.  

Day 8 

 Last night after the plantation. We went to rock and bowl. This bowling alley has a full dance floor and a nice sized bowling alley. It felt like an old fashion hoedown.

Paul Sanchez at Chikie Wah Wah

The group had a wonderful time this evening enjoying the music of Paul Sanchez. I was thrilled to find out what a kind person he was and how much he cared about the community. It felt great to support a fantastic musician and caring member of the New O…

Fun times at Delacroix!!

We moved on to complete transects at Delacroix park today. It’s a much different forest with a more in-tact over canopy and larger woody plants. It’s a little wet but it’s fun to see a different part of the forest!  http://youtu.be/FtFkTiMgvOI   

Crawfish Boil!!! 

We had our crawfish boil today at the Woodland Plantation! And a little tree frog joined in on the action