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Photographer accompanies Boy Scouts on trek through Atchafalaya Basin

Paul Kieu pkieu@theadvertiser.com
Robert Donadieu, a Boy Scouts of America Swamp Base trek guide, throws a cast net while fishing off of a house boat in the Atchafalaya Basin near Henderson, LA, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Donadieu is guiding Boy Scout Troop 383 of Evansville, Indiana, on a sixty mile kayak trek through the Atchafalaya Basin. 


Photo by Paul Kieu, The Advertiser

As an Eagle Scout, some of my fondest memories involve summer camp and high adventure trekking.

This week I am following Troop 383 from Evansville, Indiana, on their 60-mile kayak trek through the Atchafalaya Basin on the Evangeline Area Council's BSA Swamp Base program.

Many of the troop's members are experiencing Louisiana weather and scenery for the first time and will be learning about local culture, biology, and conservation efforts while experiencing it all up close and in the water.

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Members of Boy Scout Troop 383 of Evansville, Indiana, approach the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge while riding in an airboat in the basin near Henderson, LA, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. The troop is currently participating in the Evangline Area Council's Swamp Base kayak trek which takes them on a sixty-mile path through the basin. 


Photo by Paul Kieu, The Advertiser
Members of Boy Scout Troop 383 of Evansville, Indiana, paddle near a large grove of cypress trees in the Atchafalaya Basin near Henderson, LA, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. The troop is currently participating in the Evangline Area Council's Swamp Base kayak trek which takes them on a sixty-mile path through the basin. 


Photo by Paul Kieu, The Advertiser
Members of Boy Scout Troop 383 of Evansville, Indiana, paddle near a large grove of cypress trees in the Atchafalaya Basin near Henderson, LA, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. The troop is currently participating in the Evangline Area Council's Swamp Base kayak trek which takes them on a sixty-mile path through the basin. 


Photo by Paul Kieu, The Advertiser