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re: Swimming in a Bayou. Yes or no?
Posted on 1/8/20 at 1:34 am to dbeck
Posted on 1/8/20 at 1:34 am to dbeck
quote:
How come CCR wrote a song about being born on a bayou but they were from SoCal?
I always thought the same thing about Bon Jovi
You’re not a cowboy, you're John Francis Bongiovi and you’re from Jersey.
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 1:40 am to _Hurricane_
i have swam in bayous my whole life. The drawback is that you always have to keep moving because none of them have a good bottom to walk on. Muddy,oysters or debris. Hard to find a good sand bottom.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 2:07 am to _Hurricane_
All bayou's are not created equally.
Bayou Desiard - yes.
Bayou Boeuf - no
Bayou Desiard - yes.
Bayou Boeuf - no
Posted on 1/8/20 at 2:57 am to _Hurricane_
I grew up swimming in bayou Lafourche
Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:45 am to _Hurricane_
Yes, Bayou Lafourche and Intercoastal Canal.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 4:55 am to _Hurricane_
Anybody growing up in the 70's, 80's or earlier in South Louisiana swam in some questionable water spots. Whether it be the bayou's , rivers or anything that had water.
Looking back on it i'm amazed we all survived
Looking back on it i'm amazed we all survived
This post was edited on 1/8/20 at 6:27 am
Posted on 1/8/20 at 5:47 am to FLObserver
Swam in the north pass more times than I can count. Alcohol was usually in play though.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 5:51 am to _Hurricane_
All it takes is that one errant brush against your leg by an unknown, underwater creature. Then you can walk on water
This post was edited on 1/8/20 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 1/8/20 at 6:10 am to _Hurricane_
Still do.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 6:12 am to _Hurricane_
Naw
Posted on 1/8/20 at 6:14 am to _Hurricane_
Grew up swimming in Bayou Desiard
Posted on 1/8/20 at 6:19 am to Rougaroux
quote:
Grew up swimming in Bayou Desiard
Me too. It was either swim in the bayou or go to a public pool like Swazey or Cheminahault. The bayou seemed the more sanitary option to my kid self.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 6:24 am to _Hurricane_
Spent 2 summers in Atchafalaya basin just north of Morgan City doing seismic work. Much of it on foot but all of it hot as well. When we hit bayous or cuts the water was cooler deeper. Pretty common to go for a swim and down to bottom where the cool water was. Would I do it now? Probably not but at the time it was perfectly normal.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 6:25 am to _Hurricane_
When I was growing up, I would wakeboard & ski on the Tickfaw and other waterways, and while I was waiting to be pulled up, I would always wish my dad would get the boat going a little faster.
Went kayaking here on the Estero "river" (more like a bayou, leading to the gulf) and my friends were shocked when I got in the water. It's not very deep and apparently gator infested.
Went kayaking here on the Estero "river" (more like a bayou, leading to the gulf) and my friends were shocked when I got in the water. It's not very deep and apparently gator infested.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 6:36 am to _Hurricane_
Yes, of course.
IMO, categorically refusing to swim in bayous should be grounds for man card forfeiture.
IMO, categorically refusing to swim in bayous should be grounds for man card forfeiture.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 6:36 am to _Hurricane_
Translation: Swimming in a drainage ditch.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 6:43 am to _Hurricane_
I did as a kid through my early 20's. Then I discovered what "nutria itch" is. That was the last time.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 6:58 am to _Hurricane_
Yes, all the time before I was 20 & thought I was invincible. Now? I have zero desire to swim in water that I can’t see what’s lurking in the water. Last time I was in the river I had the heebie-jeebies the entire time.
This post was edited on 1/8/20 at 7:51 am
Posted on 1/8/20 at 7:04 am to tgrbaitn08
quote:It never claimed to be a river, ftr.
False River is not a Bayou
It’s not even a river
It’s a lake
It specifically claimed to not be one.
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