Holiday Inn Hotel Suites Opelousas

Happy Holidays from the American Legion Hospital in Crowley, Louisiana,

Yes, just when you think things couldn't get any worse, of course, you're wrong!!! Dave was admitted to the hospital yesterday after two weeks of being sick, a visit to urgent care 10 days ago, tons of tests, scans, blood work and then the doctor said "I'm baffled" (No ****, his words exactly). I wanted to say "Don't be ...

We were up early this morning so that we could spend a bit more time in New Orleans before heading out. We started out in the French Market along the waterfront, and Gabi got her first taste of bargaining with one of the many vendors. We picked up a few little things as mementos, and walked to Jackson Square. We went to the Presbytere to see the Mardi Gras museum exhibit. It was really ...

... cypress trees and an alligator in the Achafalaya Basin.
Talk to the kids by cell phone.
Drove to Breaux Bridge La and had dinner at Mulate's.It is a famous Cajun restaurant.At the entrance it has a lot of world famous celebrities who visited the place,
Had combination the fried seafood platter-cat fish,frog,shrimps,oyster.
Heard the band sing Jambalaya.
Drove back to the hotel in Lafayette.

... restaurant with a dance floor. Lots of Cajun dancing and music.It has bench seats for the dancers in the dance floor so they do not have to go to their tables.
The band has an accordion,and fiddle.
Ate boiled crawfish,crawfish etouffee and banana pudding,.Food is good.

... Border's Book Store to replace my atlas, which I have misplaced. After searching Rusty's house, my truck, and his shop, I came to the conclusion that I would have to buy another atlas since that's my set of road maps and my history of this trip. So, to Border's we went, where I found an even better atlas by American Map than I had; this one has larger print maps, broken down into NE, SE, NW, SW and if necessary, N and S, or E and W. Larger print, more detail, slightly less ...

... que j'ai laissé dans un quartier résidentiel pour gagner du temps. A l'heure dite, je téléphone pour qu'on me laisse rentrer dans la partie sécurisée du terminal pour récupérer mes valise. Il leur faut plus de 20 min pour venir! Je suis fatigué (surtout d'attendre), l'heure pour le parking tourne mais surtout je vais être en retard pour mon bal à Maidstone (danses française cette fois)!

The great thing about travel is you can go to the same place several times and get something different out of it each time. My second visit to La Fayette to stay with my good friend Jerie was just as enriching as the first, if not more so. It's quite intriguing that people of certain areas tend to adopt such similar views on so many things. It's been a delight for me to get to learn about and witness what makes the ...

... T, comme on ne m'avait conseillé. Je choisis celui au fruits de mer: crevettes et ecrevices. JE rentre les manger à l'hostel. C'est une sorte de rizzoto assez relevé presenté comme une saussice. Ensuite, c'est l'heure d'aller chez Randol pour danser. Il y a plus de gens que la derniere fois, les habitués. La musique est les danses sont cajuns mais avec nombres de variantes que je ne connais pas.

It's Friday morning. There will be no wedding after all. We decide to pack up and head north to higher (and drier) ground. My uncle graciously takes us in. We eat, sleep, and watch news until we can't see straight. The power goes out during the day Saturday but my uncle has not one, not two, but THREE generators! And he has an outdoor kitchen so we are set! Thankfully the power returns Saturday night as the winds die down. We're really hoping the worst is over.