The team and I spend our final day on the Mississippi River visiting again with the Cajun people living at the frayed edges of the bayou close to the Gulf of Mexico. You only have to talk to a few of them to find out what their biggest concern is: land loss.

 

We drive over an hour along the flat, long highway that leads from Golden Meadow, the Cajun town we’ve enjoyed discovering over the past few days, to Grand Isle to see where the shrimp vessels dock and unload their catch. Jos guides us with the GPS. “Look guys!” she says. “We’re not even on the map anymore. According to the blue dot, we’re in the Gulf!”  READ MORE

 

--from Alexandra Cousteau's Mississippi River blog/Expedition: Blue Planet

 

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