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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Poverty Point Marina (Again)
Poverty Point Marina, LA, February 2026 In the evening, Kate went to the marina while John was working on something. She said that she saw wondrous things, such as unicorns, flying pigs, and a 1937-D 3-legged buffalo nickel. John wanted to see the wonders of the marina, so we went back the next evening. Before…
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Louisiana State Bird
Louisiana Welcome Center, February 2026 On the way to Poverty Point Reservoir State Park, we stopped at the Rest Area / Louisiana Welcome Center. John had to wait for me because I needed to take a selfie with the Louisiana sign. Did you know that the Louisiana state bird is the brown pelican, which is…
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Tyler SP to Poverty Point Reservoir SP Directions, Selfies and Sunset.
Poverty Point Reservoir State Park, LA, February 2026 For some reason, the 236 mile drive from Tyler State Park to Poverty Point took longer than normal. I could have been that we left later due to the extra time needed to safely move the trailer out of the Tayler SP site which was a pull…