One of the items on my NOLA to do list was to ride an air boat in the swamp. That item is now checked off the list.

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Another small air boat went out on a tour just before us.

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Here we are enjoying the ride.

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Here we are in the swap. The boat is resting on a log, gunning the engine on the boat gets us over the log and moving forward. Reminded us a lot of ATVing.

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In the distance you can see three white dots, they are egrets.

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On the left: Most of the trees in the swamp have lost their leaves but there is still lots of Spanish Moss. On the right: if you look closely in the middle of the photograph you can see a water moccasin.

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The roots of the bald cypress tree grow up and down, creating the image of a knee.