Atchafalaya, Lake Fausse Pointe SP Louisiana B
Kayak paddle trail map launching out of Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, located down Levee Road south of Henderson, Louisiana. This route explores the lake west of the park, first going north to do a loop, then south to do a second loop. (I think) this lake is outside the levees that contain the main Atchafalaya watershed. The day had big sky, and the dotted area on the northern loop (shown on the map) was one particularly scenic region with big cypress trees along the shore. Too bad there are not more areas like this. At the southern turnaround loop the shore was lined with houses, shacks, and shanties, a number of them occupied. And some were for sale. At the state park launch I talked to a guy who had a lithium battery-powered kayak that he said had a range of 120 miles.
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Launch Site Google Maps Link
Above: Big sky in the Lake Fausse Pointe Lake area.
Above: Cypress along the shore on the northern trail loop.
Above: Motivated Seller.
Above: An invasive…elephant ear, aka wild taro.
Above: Apple Snail eggs, easy to spot, laid by the invasive Apple Snail.
Above: Lake paddling is nice when the sky is like this.