We're in Bayou Country now, surrounded by swamps and alligators. Well, okay, I haven't actually seen any alligators yet but everything around here is pretty wet. The trees are actually growing out of the water. They don't have a choice as there is so much of it. While we were driving here, Ed kept checking the altitude and during the Louisiana portion of our drive we were mostly below sea level. We'll go into New Orleans tomorrow and check out the changes since Katrina. We were last there about 2002. A tour of a swamp is on our list of "must-dos" here so we'd better get busy. We only have 3 days here!