The river’s water level finally had fallen after weeks of being above flood stage, and the current in the old slough carried green water instead of the sediment-saturated, chocolate-color sludge that had inundated the bottomland.

Fishing likely would be good. The scenery certainly was, with cypresses and tupelo, ash and willows in full blush, and patches of lizardtail with their sassafras-like scent bursting from the newly enriched black soil — all accented with songs and flashes of color offered by a world of birds.

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