I grew up far from it, in a vastly different terrain and climate, and I've lived here most of my life. But I remember having a cartoon book as a kid that depicted a house in a swamp (I think it may have been one of the books about The Woozles),l.

This memory resurfaced in 2024 when I had to drive from Houston TX to Galliano LA. It was swampy to say the least, and one particular view from somewhere along I10 (or maybe it was route 90, I don't remember where) looked exactly like in that book. Many of my fellow countrymen have accidentally hit a moose while driving. I'm the only one I know who has run over an alligator.