Vanpire Weekend: Swamp Tour

On our second day in New Orleans, we were kind of at a loss. Shopping? Sure, we had done some shopping. Drinking? Sure, we had done some drinking. Flashing? Sure, we had done some flashing. But, what now? Timmy came up with the best idea. SWAMP TOUR! Because when we think of Louisiana we think about toothless Cajuns, alligators, and fan boats!

This is the sight that greeted us as soon as we walked into the building.

Our bellies full of delicious sandwiches from Cochon Butcher (I had their version of a Cuban sandwich and Tim had the pork belly with cucumber...mmm), we were ready to blast around the bayou.

A fan boat is a silly thing, and one that neither of us had been on before. It's incredibly loud and feels completely different than riding in a normal boat. It was one of those 115 on the heat index days, so it felt great to have that breeze.

Soon, we were in the swamp, and spoiler alert, the swamp looks like how you think a swamp looks like.

It's beautiful, but also stifling, and a bit scary.

We were immediately on the look out for gators and didn't see any. BUT! We soon made a turn and stopped the boat. The captain told us he was going to get gator bait, and when he came back, he was holding... marshmallows???

Apparently, gators are attracted to white things, and they just ate them up. As soon as we stopped, we began to see the wakes of a few alligators making a beeline for us.

Then, they were right up next to the boat and jumping out of the water, trying to get to the marshmallows.

Our crazy and awesome captain, who kind of talked like the firefly in The Princess and the Frog (did you guys see that? anyone??) was going to town on these silly gators and grabbing their tails and tapping their snouts. He even passed around a 3 year old baby for us to hold!