Bodcau Bayou B, Highway 2

Bodcau Bayou B, Highway 2, Louisiana, Kayak Paddle Trip

This kayak trail route map launches into Bodcau Bayou off of Highway 2 just northwest of Sarepta. It’s an out and back that turns around near the Paper Mill Pond area. The turnaround point was my chicken out point, here the bayou started to spread out and it became difficult to see which path to take, things started looking the same in all directions. This route is fairly twisty, as in ‘…why am I going east, shouldn’t I be going west/north/south, wait a minute…’ And so while you are paddling the outward leg, you have to remember to look around and recognize the tricky spots because the return leg will have its own puzzles. An exciting paddle then, deep in the woods. And there quite a few giant cypress trees. Not only are these incredible, they can help as positional landmarks. Doing this one again is on the list, I think it’s one of the better Bodcau paddles.

Above: Misty morning on the bayou, just above Highway 2.

Above: Don’t forget to look up once in a while.

Above: A jumbo cypress.