Located off of one of the busiest street in Baton Rouge, you will find Bluebonnet Swamp. It was a nice morning for a walk.
Or, laying in the sun.
When visiting the swamp remember to:
The Cohn Arboretum in Baton Rouge, the official name “Laurens Henry Cohn, Sr. Memorial Plant Arboretum” is one of the most beautiful places in Baton Rouge. In the middle it has a pond and surrounded by walking path and trees. There is even a grapes being grown. If they fix up the house with period pieces, this place would be historic.
On Easter Sunday in 1970, the Baton Rouge Zoo first opened to the public. A lot of credit is due to Bill Black, a.k.a Buckskin Bill, who was a popular children’s TV host. He would end his program everyday saying “Baton Rouge needs a zoo.” He encourage children to collect pennies and donate them so the Zoo could purchase an elephant. The children would line up outside the studio to donate the pennies they collected. The campaign was so successful, the children collected enough money to buy two elephants. One of the elephants was named Penny.
There are currently no elephants at the zoo. When one of the last two died, the other was ship off to another zoo so it would not be lonely.
The zoo is located in Louisiana, so of course, there are alligators.
This alligator look big and mean enough to go through the fence if he was hungry.
The trip to the zoo was worth it, just to get this picture.
I caught these birds doing… well I will give you a hint. They are in a nest.
This little one decided to pose for me while I was standing there.
It a very pretty area. A nice area to walk around, or take the train.
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