Bayou Byways - The Most Scenic Drives in America: 120 Spectacular Road Trips - page 782

10. Henderson
Swamp tours of the Atchafalaya Basin shove off from McGee's Landing and Whiskey
River Landing in Henderson. At first they journey into a bald cypress graveyard, where
severed stumps are all that remain from a stand of 100-foot-tall trees that were logged in
the 1930s. The tombstone stumps give this part of the swamp a lakelike appearance, but
deeperinthebasin,thewatersarepunctuatedbywillow,sweetgum,andbaldcypresstrees.
Most tours float beneath the twin spans of I-10, which was built to link this watery realm
with the rest of civilization.
Sunset at Lake Martin, near Breaux Bridge
11. Breaux Bridge
According to Cajun legend, when the Acadians left Nova Scotia, the local lobsters grew
lonesome and swam after them, becoming so exhausted by the long journey that they
shrank to the size of shrimp. But there's nothing modest about the size of the crawfish in
Breaux Bridge, located west of Henderson at the end of Rte. 347.