Bayou's in Vermilion Bay

Since there are not suitable marinas here in Louisiana we are staying 3 days at a RV park.  Today we took a boat ride, launch in Delcambre (pronounced del-camp)  down the Delcambre canal to the GIWW (intercoastal canal) plus a couple of side trips out various bayous or canals.
George at the Helm.

This is a type of marsh grass that is very bamboo like and grows a 6-8' tall.

Down one of the canals from the GIWW to the Vermilion bay there are fish camps that have a rig to put a funnel shaped net into the water to catch fish. 

Down one of the bayous we saw a lot of alligators....but wait, how do you know you have seen one.  If you see a stick that moves and then goes under water when you get about 50' away.  So we saw lots of alligators but really didn't see anything.

The wakes from barges in the GIWW washed out a bank exposing shells, so we stopped and Fran picked up some. ( I need to get a better method of getting back on the boat from the bow)