May 15, 2009 Fortsat fra sidste side ~ Continued from last page Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: Jungle Gardens, Avery Island, Iberia Parish, Louisiana The Jungle Gardens are located on Avery Island in Iberia Parish, Louisiana.   Fra Tabasco-fabrikken tog vi til Jungle Gardens, en park på Avery Island, anlagt af Edward "M'sieu Ned" Avery McIlhenny, som var den næstældste søn af Edmund McIlhenny og hans kone Mary Eliza Avery. Han anlagde primært haverne med det formål at skabe et fredet område for snehejren, som på det tidspunkt var ved at uddø, og som i dag er vidt udbredt over store dele af USA igen. Derudover er haverne hjem til knap tusind slags cameliablomster og utallige azaleaer, som vi allerede har lovet os selv at komme tilbage og se engang, når de blomstrer. From the Tabasco factory we went to the Jungle Gardens, a park in Avery Island, established by Edward "M'sieu Ned" Avery McIlhenny, second oldest son of Edmund McIlhenny and his wife Mary Eliza Avery. He established the gardens for the primary purpose of creating a sanctuary for the snowy egret, at the time near extinction, which today is again found throughout the U.S. The gardens also hold just under a thousand kinds of camellias and many azaleas, which we have already promised ourselves to come back and see sometime when they are blooming.             "Fuglebyen", hvor 20.000 snehejrer yngler hvert forår. "Bird City", where 20,000 snowy egrets nest each spring.

Her er masser af andemad - April spurgte, hvorfor de gi'r hejrerne ærtesuppe.... There's lots of duckweed here - April asked why they give the egrets pea soup....         Det lille tempel huser en Buddha-statue, som oprindelig er lavet af Chon-Ha-Chin for Shonfa Templet ved Peking efter ordre fra Kejser Hui-Tsung først i 1100-tallet. Statuen blev stjålet af en general i krigsbytte, og da den blev sat til salg i New York i 1936, blev buddhaen købt af to af Ned McIlhennys venner, som forærede ham den. The little temple houses a Buddha Statue originally created by Chon-Ha-Chin for the Shonfa Temple near Peking by order of Emperor Hui-Tsung in the early 1100s. The statue was stolen by a rogue general, and when it was put up for sale in New York in 1936, the Buddha was bought by two of Ned McIlhenny's friends, who gifted it to him.

Gammelt bådehus ~ Old boathouse         Jeg elsker mosset, der hænger fra alle de gamle træer her. I love the moss hanging from all the old trees here.     Bayou Petit Anse

Alligatorerne her kommer svømmende, så snart de ser mennesker, som om de er vandt til, at folk fodrer dem. Så det er godt, de er under en meter lange, ikke sådan no'n i hel mandsstørrelse som den store basse, vi så ude i sumpen i går. The alligators here swim on up to you, as soon as they see you, as if they've gotten used to people feeding them. Which is why we were glad they're less than three feet long, not big man-sized ones like the gator we saw in the swamp yesterday.             Alligator

Camping Information We're camping at Lakes End RV Park north of Morgan City, Louisiana, where we are paying $30.00 for the night, which includes the park entry fee, as well as full hook-ups. Facilities: Lake access Boat ramp Restrooms with showers Full hook-ups Firepits The RV Park advertises on their website that they have wi-fi, however, they told us when we got here that it has not worked since the hurricane. Leashed dogs welcome. More Louisiana Travel Information Here A BIT EARLIER TOMORROW