Mardi Gras at Fontainebleau State Park

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February 26th 2009

Published: May 18th 2009

Happy Mardi Gras from Fontainebleau State Park in Mandeville, LA! We started out Friday after picking our grandson up from school and were on the interstate by 3:10, which is well ahead of the normal east bound traffic out of Baton Rouge on a Friday afternoon. We arrived at the Fontainebleau gates just before 5:00 and got our RV set up and hooked up well before dark. Our campsite was not my f... Read Full Entry

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Jeanie and Randy

We reside in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. We love to travel in the USA. When we travel, we do so in our 2007 30' Jayco GreyHawk Sport. We are currently working in the entertainment industry as well as owning and operating a sod contracting company. We have worked with Russell Crowe, Brooke Shields, Wanda Sykes, William Hurt and Daryl Hannah just to name a few! We have 5 children between us and 10 grandchildren. Randy and I spend a lot of our time traveling, hiking and working in the movies!... full info

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The Bluebird Trail

We saw and heard many different birds, also saw several deer, a lizard and an armadillo.

Peaceful setting at Bayou Cane

Another beautiful sunset

Sun shining through a pavillion

Time for our campfire

Wide open 4.8 mile hiking trail

The Bald Eagle sign

Standing at this sign and looking up, we could see the Eagle's nest and the baby moving around.

Snake in the water next to walkway

Armadillo

He didn't seem to mind us.

Two Deer

There were actually about 7 or 8 but they were hidden by the brush. We saw them when they heard the camera flash and ran.

Lizard catching some sun

Bridge to Bayou Cane

Not much of a bridge but we managed to get across. There was another that was about the same.

22nd November 2009

Lana
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Yellow Flowers
The yellow flowers in that photo are Carolina jasmine. I live in the area & it's all over the place. Glad you enjoyed your trip to Fontainebleau. :) http://lucidflora.blogspot.com

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