Enjoying Lafayette so much the first time, we visited again. It wasn't as fun the second time around.
We had hoped to see more gators in Cypress Lake, but managed only a distant and obstructed glimpse of one (gators are surprisingly hard to recognize. Who do they need camouflage from anyway?). After the excitement of New Orleans one shy gator was a disappointment. Though Cypress Lake is located right behind the Student Union at the University, making it the only school in the nation to have live alligators on campus there is only a partial, diminutive fence around the lake. That we considered this boring only speaks to how fun our other gator excursion was.
In the afternoon we lounged at a nearby park (praying the gators didn't have the fortitude to climb through the non-fenced section and visit us) enjoying the sun, crowds of happy people and group of puppies that were frolicking around us. This led to a tinge of regret as we realized bringing an entire box of donuts to the park does attract puppies but also diminishes your donut supply.
Taking make-shift sink showers at the local shower less pool (LA is not so friendly to dirty travelers but at least the pool was free) we afterwards made up for our disappointment in the lack of amenities with mo Po boys.
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