once more unto the marais, dear friends

My French brother Dominique's daughter Héloïse just sent me a very kind email in which she included several photos from our trip into the Poitevin marshes a few days before my departure from France. Here's a very representative photo with Héloïse's mom Véronique, Hélo's brother Tim, and our intrepid guide through the marshes, who got us through the maze of canals without once getting us lost.