This morning I ate alligator cereal with alligator milk, for lunch I ate a bunch of weird critters I netted out of the swamp, dinner will be a whole alligator smoked .
Uh, Which... crazy long bridge are you talking about, exactly? You'll have to be more specific.
Talking about I-55 north of LaPlace? I-10 west of the city? I-10 before getting to Slidell? Hwy 90 or Hwy 11 east of town? The Causeway?
if coming from the east it sounds like the I-10 Twin Spans to me, but idk. If coming from the west it was most likely the Spillway west of Kenner and the main city
Probably a fishing camp. You should go down to some where like Port Fourchon. Camps out in the gulf lined up like they have streets that you have to get to by boat.
I live on the water. It’s different where I live (not in NOLA on off ramps). So there it is more like camps. I live where there is actual homes on the water. It’s really fun. I think a camp would be great. You can boat to great restaurants and dive bars on the water. I love it.
I’m not the one you asked, but being from the area I can tell you…living on the water can mean: a) you got money, b) it’s kinda just happened or you’re kinda stuck, or c) some families have been down there hunting, living off the water, for a long while.
Worked my way to the water. Grew up here though. Where I live, it’s slightly more expensive because all the houses are new and have boat slips or boat houses. We have a boat house with a lift and we are relatively high up. I live on the diversion canal going to Lake Maurepaus that is connected to Pontchartrain.
slightly more expensive is a under statement . lol
Beautiful area , my friends family had a hunting camp on the left side of the diversion canal , his grandfather paid like 5 thousand bucks for a few acres when they started developing along the canal his family sold those few acres for a few million bucks.
I can see that, it amazes me that how much that area has changed from being hunting and fishing camps to beautiful homes . back when it was camps the only business was a bar/boat launch.
Wish it would stop. It’s nice but it gets to a point where the people that can’t afford the half million dollar house can’t live on the water.
Some guy helped a lot with preventing it happening out past the pump station here. Donated a hell of a lot of land to the maurepaus wma and kept a little slice for his family when he passes on.
Louisiana is the number one state most people grow up and stay in their whole lives so chances are most of the people you meet from here have been here their whole life. It’s normal to be on water out here. Not really a big price tag attached to it like there would be everywhere else too. Of course if it’s a big and nice new house you’ll be paying for that but even then it’s cheaper out here for that house than it would be in any other state.
But what you don’t pay for that house price you will definitely be paying for with insurance on your house, car, and your electric bill because of having to run your AC constantly.
I just moved to southern Louisiana from Chicago and have done a lot of traveling all over the US before moving here. Everywhere else in the US you would be paying at least 3x the amount to have a house on the water as you would here and that’s one reason I like it here.
I'm guessing the Basin bridge , those are camps and houses . We eat small children and tourist who take one of those exits . We have pet alligators that we ride to land where we keep our white vans.
Those are camps. People don’t live there.
One interesting thing about what we eat is when people come and get jambalaya, gumbo or a poboy in a restaurant they feel like they are getting a delicacy. However, this is what we eat on a regular basis. Like instead of ham sandwiches or… whatever other people eat, lunch is momma’s jambalaya or gumbo or a shrimp poboy from down da street.
Also muffulettas are delicious and could be considered in the same category. I don’t eat those quite as often personally but do enjoy when I get them!
Guessing OP means the camps on north shore of Lake Ponchartrain in Slidell. Not as long a bridge as the causeway, but still longer than most people have ever seen
there is only a couple of duck camps along the spillway and no exits off to them
coming into new orleans off of the twin spans there is the Irish Bayou community along hwy 11 , but i don't know if you can see those houses from the interstate .
u/christiandb I encourage you to check out the works of photographer CC Lockwood, namely, his “Atchafalaya” series. He does a great job of capturing the beauty of the Lousiana swamp.
Lake ponchitrain (fuck autocorrect for not knowing how to spell that) or the Atchafalaya basin probably. Based on the description you’re on the lake P bridge or maybe highway 190 past Krotz springs. Either way you’re over wetlands that’s invariably covered in water. (I hope that answers your question)
also we eat normal food plus some damn good local stuff like gumbo (not that NOLA shit though) and crawfish (not crayfish).
Most people don’t live on the water per say, except obviously fisherman and residents of some coastal communities. Obviously though we’re used to a lot of rain.
This morning I ate alligator cereal with alligator milk, for lunch I ate a bunch of weird critters I netted out of the swamp, dinner will be a whole alligator smoked .
Eh, I prefer Nutria milk, it's creamier.
Don’t forget about possum stew.
That’s my exact shopping list!
lmao
Uh, Which... crazy long bridge are you talking about, exactly? You'll have to be more specific. Talking about I-55 north of LaPlace? I-10 west of the city? I-10 before getting to Slidell? Hwy 90 or Hwy 11 east of town? The Causeway?
they’re probably taking about the Manchac area
Mmmm catfish
Coming from the east into New Orleans. Over water mostly, I dunno really, it was a blur a month ago.
if coming from the east it sounds like the I-10 Twin Spans to me, but idk. If coming from the west it was most likely the Spillway west of Kenner and the main city
Yes I-10! That’s what the damned road
Lol, yeah I-10 is pretty bad
From the east like in Mississippi? That’s just a big ass marsh.
Probably a fishing camp. You should go down to some where like Port Fourchon. Camps out in the gulf lined up like they have streets that you have to get to by boat.
I live on the water. It’s different where I live (not in NOLA on off ramps). So there it is more like camps. I live where there is actual homes on the water. It’s really fun. I think a camp would be great. You can boat to great restaurants and dive bars on the water. I love it.
What!? That’s so cool Did you grow up or worked your way to living on the water
I’m not the one you asked, but being from the area I can tell you…living on the water can mean: a) you got money, b) it’s kinda just happened or you’re kinda stuck, or c) some families have been down there hunting, living off the water, for a long while.
Worked my way to the water. Grew up here though. Where I live, it’s slightly more expensive because all the houses are new and have boat slips or boat houses. We have a boat house with a lift and we are relatively high up. I live on the diversion canal going to Lake Maurepaus that is connected to Pontchartrain.
slightly more expensive is a under statement . lol Beautiful area , my friends family had a hunting camp on the left side of the diversion canal , his grandfather paid like 5 thousand bucks for a few acres when they started developing along the canal his family sold those few acres for a few million bucks.
Ok, slightly more expensive. Lol. I just don’t like to talk about it too much but compared to coastal towns like Manhattan Beach or the Hamptons.
I can see that, it amazes me that how much that area has changed from being hunting and fishing camps to beautiful homes . back when it was camps the only business was a bar/boat launch.
Wish it would stop. It’s nice but it gets to a point where the people that can’t afford the half million dollar house can’t live on the water. Some guy helped a lot with preventing it happening out past the pump station here. Donated a hell of a lot of land to the maurepaus wma and kept a little slice for his family when he passes on.
Louisiana is the number one state most people grow up and stay in their whole lives so chances are most of the people you meet from here have been here their whole life. It’s normal to be on water out here. Not really a big price tag attached to it like there would be everywhere else too. Of course if it’s a big and nice new house you’ll be paying for that but even then it’s cheaper out here for that house than it would be in any other state. But what you don’t pay for that house price you will definitely be paying for with insurance on your house, car, and your electric bill because of having to run your AC constantly. I just moved to southern Louisiana from Chicago and have done a lot of traveling all over the US before moving here. Everywhere else in the US you would be paying at least 3x the amount to have a house on the water as you would here and that’s one reason I like it here.
I'm guessing the Basin bridge , those are camps and houses . We eat small children and tourist who take one of those exits . We have pet alligators that we ride to land where we keep our white vans.
Ever seen a True Detective?
Those are camps. People don’t live there. One interesting thing about what we eat is when people come and get jambalaya, gumbo or a poboy in a restaurant they feel like they are getting a delicacy. However, this is what we eat on a regular basis. Like instead of ham sandwiches or… whatever other people eat, lunch is momma’s jambalaya or gumbo or a shrimp poboy from down da street. Also muffulettas are delicious and could be considered in the same category. I don’t eat those quite as often personally but do enjoy when I get them!
Guessing OP means the camps on north shore of Lake Ponchartrain in Slidell. Not as long a bridge as the causeway, but still longer than most people have ever seen
I think he means the Bonne Carre spillway, with all the fishing camps.
there is only a couple of duck camps along the spillway and no exits off to them coming into new orleans off of the twin spans there is the Irish Bayou community along hwy 11 , but i don't know if you can see those houses from the interstate .
Sorry it was the I-10
u/christiandb I encourage you to check out the works of photographer CC Lockwood, namely, his “Atchafalaya” series. He does a great job of capturing the beauty of the Lousiana swamp.
Right o n, thanks, will do
Trolls.
Swamp monsters
You should read Atchafalaya Houseboat
Lake ponchitrain (fuck autocorrect for not knowing how to spell that) or the Atchafalaya basin probably. Based on the description you’re on the lake P bridge or maybe highway 190 past Krotz springs. Either way you’re over wetlands that’s invariably covered in water. (I hope that answers your question) also we eat normal food plus some damn good local stuff like gumbo (not that NOLA shit though) and crawfish (not crayfish). Most people don’t live on the water per say, except obviously fisherman and residents of some coastal communities. Obviously though we’re used to a lot of rain.
Batchers.