Trans America Cycling Day 33 - DeRidder, LA to Bunkie, LA
The link to today's route and statistics is found here . Crawfish are a Cajun delicacy. They are grown in converted freshwater rice ponds in Arcadiana in the south of Louisiana. We cycled past many of the crawfish ponds today on our 94 mile ride through the heart of crawfish country. The parish sheriff explained to us that crawfish are largest when harvested in May and June, and after the harvest the crawfish ponds are planted in rice. So we are in Louisiana at the best time to eat crawfish . . . lucky us. These miniature lobster tails are great vittles. Crawfish pond with traps and a flyby captured by Maltese Ray Rice field Crawfish are harvested with paddlewheel boats. When harvesting the boat moves in a straight line next to the traps and a person reaches out, lifts and empties crawfish from a trap into the boat without stopping. The pond is shallow, and the traps appeared to be less than 2 feet tall. Paddle wheel driven crawfish boat