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  • Poverty Point Reservoir State Park, LA to Bogue Chitto State Park, LA

    Bogue Chitto State Park, LA, March 2026 The total drive is about 226 miles. Driving Directions Rest Stops General Notes

  • Bogue Chitto SP, LA to Escatawpa Hollow Park, AL

    Escatawpa Hollow Park, AL, March 2026 The total drive is about 190 miles. Driving Directions Rest Stops General Notes

  • Tyler State Park, TX to Poverty Point Reservoir State Park, LA

    Poverty Point Reservoir State Park, LA, February 2026 The total drive is about 237 miles. Driving Directions Rest Stops General Notes

  • Would you buy food from a Salvage Store?

    Folsom, LA, March 2026 Each time we drove to Covington, Louisiana, we passed by “The Salvage Store”. The store always had cars in front of it. To me this means it is well-liked by the locals and a good place to stop. Usually, I would think of mixing the words salvage and food is not…

  • Bogue Chitto Scraps

    Bogue Chitto State Park, LA, March 2026 Several days we found very little when we drove the park to check the ponds. Either it was the wrong time of day, we were unlucky, or the weather was cloudy. These are pictures from the Bogue Chitto scrap days. This day we found nothing but a few…

  • Bogue Chitto Ponds

    Bogue Chitto State Park, LA, March 2026 We went out again in the evening to check for an Anhinga; we wanted a better picture. It was cloudy, so we did not have high hopes for seeing much. We did see an Anhinga at the playground area, but it was even further away. If you look…

  • Bogue Chitto State Park

    Bogue Chitto State Park, LA, March 2026 It looks like it should be, but it is not, pronounced like Bag-o-Cheetohs. Based on questioning locals, “Bogue” rhymes with “yoga”, “Chit” has a “Ch” like “Cheese, “Chit” rhymes with “hit”, and “to” rhymes with “toe”. The pronunciation is something like “Bow-guh Chit-toe”. The park is located beside…

  • Poverty Point Marina (Again Again)

    Poverty Point Marina, LA, February 2026 We went to the marina again the next morning, and some of the birds Kate saw were there. We stopped at the entry pond which had fishermen on the shore and boats in the water. The snipes probably ran for the hills. We though there was nothing in the…

  • Poverty Point Marina Store

    Poverty Point State Park, LA, February 2026 Poverty Point State Park has so many amenities like many fishing piers, fish cleaning facilities, parking and picnic areas. On top of this, the park has a large well-maintained marina with a store. The back of the store next to the minnow tubs had information related to native…

  • Poverty Point Parkway and Lower Jackson Mound

    Poverty Point Parkway, LA, February 2026 John had glimpsed something about the Jackson Mound that made is sound impressive, so we planned to stop by it today. We had passed it going to the Poverty Point National Monument, so we knew where it was. We drove the Poverty Point Parkway to check for birds going…