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Louisiana and Mississippi Day 9: And Scene …

16 October 2022 • 3652 km / 2269 mi (map)

  • Added to Eric Scouten :: Travel on 15 December 2022
  • Louisiana 9

Today it was time to head home. We left our AirBNB in the Garden District in the morning and had several hours before our flight back to Seattle. Being the road geek that I am, I wanted to drive some of the longest bridges in the country.

We started with the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, which runs 24 miles more or less due north from the city. Lisa captured this image from mid-span:

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway · Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, north of New Orleans, Louisiana · by Lisa Rozmyn

Once across, we decided to have some lunch and check out a state park on the north side of the lake before turning back to the airport.

A still pond dotted with green lily pads and floating vegetation, bordered by a mowed grassy bank in the foreground and dense woodland draped with Spanish moss under a clear blue sky.
Fairview-Riverside State Park, east of Madisonville, Louisiana
Fairview-Riverside State Park, east of Madisonville, Louisiana · by Lisa Rozmyn
A large tree draped with Spanish moss stands on a grassy riverbank under a deep blue sky, with a boat on the calm water and a wooded far shore in the distance; a wooden picnic table and metal grill sit at right.
Fairview-Riverside State Park, east of Madisonville, Louisiana
Fairview-Riverside State Park, east of Madisonville, Louisiana · by Lisa Rozmyn
A calm swamp scene with a large cypress tree draped in Spanish moss rising from dark, still water, surrounded by dense green vegetation including palmettos and floating water hyacinth, with the trees and foliage reflected on the water’s surface.
Fairview-Riverside State Park, east of Madisonville, Louisiana
A large live oak branch draped with Spanish moss arches across the frame above a flooded grassy area, its trailing moss and the blue sky reflected in the still water below, with green lawn and a river visible in the background.
Fairview-Riverside State Park, east of Madisonville, Louisiana
Fairview-Riverside State Park, east of Madisonville, Louisiana · by Lisa Rozmyn
A grassy field partly submerged under a still, reflective pool of floodwater at Fairview-Riverside State Park, backed by a white picket fence and a line of large moss-draped oak trees under a deep blue sky.
Fairview-Riverside State Park, east of Madisonville, Louisiana
Fairview-Riverside State Park, east of Madisonville, Louisiana · by Lisa Rozmyn
A large cypress tree with mottled, lichen-covered bark draped in trailing Spanish moss leans over the calm blue water of a lake, with a distant tree-lined shore and a partly cloudy sky in the background.
Fairview-Riverside State Park, east of Madisonville, Louisiana

I got a bonus long-bridge tour on the way back, in that the southern end of I-55 (the Manchac Swamp Bridge) dumps into I-10 near the airport to form one of the longest continuous bridgeways in the US. (Sadly, we have no pictures from that run.)

New Orleans, Louisiana, to Seattle, Washington · 3652 km / 2269 mi
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