Curious drivers pulled their cars onto the shoulders of La. 44 in Garyville on Friday and climbed the grassy Mississippi River levee to get a closer look at a gigantic pair of ducks made from logs and tree limbs.
The astonishingly authentic, male and female mallards nestled together as if floating placidly on a pond.
Josh Weidert and the rest of the boys in the “Blood, Sweat and Bonfires” construction team had begun piecing together the pyre at Thanksgiving. Weidert said he had no idea how many hours everybody had spent on the project. They finished the big birds on Friday, so people would have a few days to lay eyes on them, because on Christmas Eve, they’ll be set ablaze…