Photo by Ernest Herndon
(Copyright 2026, Emmerich Newspapers, Inc. Photo by Ernest Herndon) Patrick Parker stands beside a canoe floating in a channel in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta of Alabama. The ground where he stands has been cleared off by wild hogs rooting.
This is the first of a two-part series in which Enterprise-Journal outdoor columnists Ernest “Leather Britches” Herndon and Patrick Parker explore Alabama’s largest swamp. Next week is Herndon’s installment.
What do you say when Leather Britches calls you up and says, “Want to go camping and canoeing on the Tensaw River?”