I have been attending meetings in Marksville, LA for the past few days.  Before going, I looked at a map and found there are two wildlife refuges on either side of Marksville.  Yesterday, I took some time to visit Gand Cote NWR.  It didn’t have a great deal to offer, but I think it is rather early for migratory waterfowl.  Anyway, I got a couple of good landscapes.

There was a rather substantial wetlands area.  The nature trail led up to it, and then a bridge led to an observation platform over the water.  These are two images taken from the bridge.