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Bayou Region

Travel “down the bayou” to towns where the slow-moving waterways were once the highways that connected communities and cities to the some of the nation’s most productive fishing grounds. Enjoy fresh caught shrimp, oysters, redfish and trout, or take a sightseeing tour into the swamps and bayous for an up close experience with alligators, wading birds and other wildlife.

Bald eagle flying over treetop in southern Louisiana swamp

One Afternoon in a Louisiana Swamp

Dave McNamara
February 10, 2021

I grabbed my camera and a long lens and joined a few other photographer friends for an afternoon cruise into a Louisiana swamp in western Terrebonne Parish. We wanted to…

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side view of propeller and cockpit of small Air Force One with presidential seal below window

Bayou Air Force One

Dave McNamara
January 20, 2021

A small propeller-driven version of Air Force One used by President Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s is on display at the Regional Military Museum in the bayou city of Houma.…

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sunrise over Grand Isle, Louisiana

U-boats in the Gulf

Dave McNamara
June 22, 2020

Did you know? More Allied ships were sunk by German submarines in the Gulf of Mexico during World War Two than were destroyed in the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. …

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sculpture garden in Chauvin, Louisiana

Chauvin Sculpture Garden

Dave McNamara
June 22, 2020

Visit the amazing outdoor sculpture garden in Chauvin, Louisiana This 45 foot tall lighthouse is the centerpiece of an amazing concrete sculpture garden located on the edge of Bayou Petit…

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