点评:This was my kids' favorite thing to do in the 5 days we spent in the New Orleans area. It's a small visitor center but does have bathrooms. Within 10 minutes on the visitor trail path, we saw a huge alligator...right beside the path. Which kind of freaked us all out. It was probably 5 1/2 - 6 ft long from snout to tip of tail. So most of our group refused to go walk past the beast since it would be 3 feet from us on a low wooden walkway and we turned out and tried another path!
The second path (Bayou Coquille)...nothing interesting. Just squirrels and bunnies which we have in our own yard at home.
The third path (Twin Canals) we saw tons of alligators and turtles the moment we left the parking lot. So that was fun. But then we walked ten more minutes and didn't see anything new. We were on a time crunch and turned around.
The fourth path we tried (Christmas Road), we saw an armadillo and then walked 5 more minutes before turning around, and my daughter found a snake 3 inches from her foot after it started hissing. It was not venomous and obviously more afraid of us than we it. It was about 3 1/2 to 4 ft long.
So if you can't find anything good on one trail, try another. I was hoping for a nutria or a wild pig but they are very rare. I felt we were lucky with what we got.
It's a shame so many of the trails have been closed because of neglect. Maybe the next administration can get our National Parks back to good conditions.
翻译:在我们在新奥尔良地区待的五天里,孩子们最喜欢的就是去那里。游客中心虽然不大,但有洗手间。沿着游客步道走了不到十分钟,我们就看到一条巨大的鳄鱼……就在路边。这可把我们都吓了一跳。它从鼻子到尾巴尖大概有5英尺半到6英尺长。我们一行人大部分都不愿意从这头“野兽”身边走过,因为它就在离我们三英尺远的低矮木栈道上。于是我们转身,换了条路!
第二条路(科基尔河湾)……没什么特别的。只有松鼠和兔子,我们家院子里也有。
第三条路(双运河)我们刚离开停车场就看到了很多鳄鱼和乌龟。这倒是挺有意思的。但是我们又走了十分钟,就什么也没看到。时间紧迫,我们只好折返了。
我们尝试的第四条小径(圣诞路)上,我们看到了一只犰狳,然后又走了五分钟就折返了。我女儿发现一条蛇离她脚边只有三英寸,它开始嘶嘶叫。这条蛇没有毒,而且显然比我们更害怕。它大约有三英尺半到四英尺长。
所以,如果你在一条小径上找不到什么好东西,那就试试另一条。我本来希望能看到海狸鼠或野猪,但它们非常罕见。我觉得我们很幸运能看到这些。
可惜的是,很多小径因为疏于维护而被关闭了。也许下一届政府能让我们的国家公园恢复到良好的状态。