May 12 - State Parks

With company in tow (town - ha, ha) it's time to explore wild areas beyond the dance floor. Lake Fausse Pointe State Park and Cypremort Point State Park are on opposite sides of the state, but very worth the drive. Lake Fausse is near the tip of the Whiskey River/Atchafalaya Basin and a favorite haunt of bird watchers, alligator seekers and brave kayakers. Cypremort (dead cypress) is located on Vermilion Bay, that inset of water that brings Lafayette much closer to the gulf than you would imagine. Both parks are beautiful, quiet, non-commercialized and way out in the middle of nowhere (like a lot of my favorite places in SW Louisiana). We'd heard about Holly Beach, the Cajun Riviera, but that was too far --- almost to Texas.