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What’s up with the traffic on Saint Claude?!                  by Mike Maher I don’t drive all that much, my car was totaled in the August floods. Sometimes I borrow a friends car if I need one.  Right now I’m sorta car-sitting my roommates SUV.  It’s handy, I enjoy…

Cold by Mike Maher   My house doesn’t have heat. It’s very cold in here. I have a couple of space heaters, but one doesn’t really work. I don’t have a car and the pipes froze in my bathroom. My best bet is to wash dishes with the warm water that works in the kitchen….

Brumation by Mike Maher I’m not even gunna get into what alligators do in the winter. Have you thought about what humans do in New Orleans to tolerate the cold? I may not even get into that. North Face jackets and way too many layers. The bayou changes around the year. The winter isn’t any…

Aliens in the Swamp! by Emma Reid   Just kidding… there are no aliens, but we are going to start off the first blog about weird swamp stuff with something extra weird… and cool! After the water levels recede in the swamp you may see these gooey globs that you may think look like an alien pod or maybe a jelly-like mass of fish eggs. Think not! These are called Bryozoan Colonies (Pectinatella Magnifica), which essentially means “moss animals.” They are microscopic aquatic invertebrates that live in colonies and can actually be found in many different freshwater ecosystems around the world. The colonies of microscopic zooids take on weird jelly shapes and are usually attached to a submerged structure such as a rock or submerged branch.  If you were to touch them they would feel like a washed up jellyfish, but…

Tree friend artwork by Ray Swaney  

It would be entirely possible to drive into Houston, spend the day there, even stay in a hotel downtown and leave the next day without noticing one of the largest disasters in American history had just happened. What happened in Houston is not photogenic, but somehow the devastation is nearly total. Your friends and family…

Supporting our Shorebirds by Emma Reid   This week, some of our kayak guides will head down south to Grand Isle and other surrounding barrier islands to help respond to impacts on the Louisiana’s shorebird population after Tropical Storm Cindy. The storm wrecked nests of shorebirds, and many recently hatched chicks drowned because they were…

As the second and final weekend of Jazzfest kicks off I am excited for the return of Dave Matthews Band and hope he covers Don’t Drink the Water. I always associated this video with the swamps of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Included is a video from there visit in 2013. DAVE if you’re READING THIS, I’d be HAPPY to take you on a KAYAK TOUR ANYTIME. xoxox Batman

As we approach mosquito season, I find it’s important to look back into history and examine how these tiny midge-like flies earned themselves a spot on the stage as the world’s most revered and hated critters of all time. For starters.. They consume mammal blood. Everything throughout history that we have learned does this is…

On a Mardi Gras Day.   A tale of enchanted horror and magic in the big easy. Noon, the day before the day.. Bodies shift to resume movement in a zigzag manner.  Boys and men chase suds over the heads of women and girls.  A giraffe spews in its confetti jail cell as a militia…

Top Five Restaurants to Visit in New Orleans The Crescent City is one of those places that if you’ve visited even just once, you have a list of recommendations for other people to check out when they come down to visit. Now, to narrow it down to a Top Five Restaurants to Visit in New…

Crescent City Kayak is teaming up with local businesses and communities to fight against the proposed Bayou Bridge Pipeline (BBP). Through the next few months, Crescent City Kayak will be hosting a series of “Water Is Life” fundraisers and kayak tours where the proceeds will be donated to the fight against the BBP. If permitted,…