While waiting for the 10:30am boat tour of the bayou Carol and others examined the interactive wildlife and plant life of the gardens and bayous. Many of them were loud animal sounds which really excited the kids who came soon after this picture. They also have a biology classroom that is excellent.
Gail and Carol enjoying the butterfly flower gardens. You can see the blue bottle tree in the upper right hand corner and a piece of the mural on a wall to the left that was partially done by one of Gail and Bob's daughters. I had forgotten to load the blue bottle tree which is "prized" as it either keeps spirits away or attracts them???
The pontoon and most of the group that was on our trip up the bayou. Everyone HAD to wear life preservers.
Cypress and knees which were all over the bayou and the 240 + acres of Shangri La. The site is on the eastern edge of Orange TX almost on the Louisiana border and just below I-10.
The rookery which had a very comfortable blind to PEEK at the birds as they nested and fed their young. White heron made up the largest population
A roseate spoonbill is in the upper left portion and I think the black blob below is a cormorant. This was Carol and Ron's favorite place. We could have spent hours watching the parents feed their young.
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