Holiday Inn Houma
1800 Martin Luther King Blvd. Houma, Louisiana, 70360, United States
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Sunny and Warmer Days Ahead
Hi Eveyone,
We drove out of the rain and into sunshine today crossing the Alabama state line into Lousianna. Our route took us over the Pontchatrain Lake which is 24 miles long, and is either the 5th or 6th longest bridges over open water depending on the definition. This brigde opened in 1956 southbound and in 1969 northbound. Daily traffic over this bridge is 43,0000 taking travelers in and out of New Orleans. It took about 30 minutes ...
"Crawfish till the bitter end"
... to see *coming soon* next to the crawfish boil I knew I didn't want to bother with the place. They said that no one in town should have crawfish for another two weeks but I didn't care if the next place we went had it or not. I figured I could either not have crawfish here or not have crawfish at some potentially more welcoming place. I'd take my chances. I'm glad that we did. We drove down the street to Big Al's Seafood which looked ...
To the Swamp
... an appetizer and I had the crawfish etouffee. One of the few items on the menu not fried. Even though we all ate a lot, the bread pudding was calling to us so we figured what the hell, it's vacation. And it was worth it.
We stopped at the gas station on the way back to pick up some drinks and then hung out on the screened in porch of Josh & Chrystal's cabin for a while enjoy the swamp. It was a big change after a few days in New Orleans. ...
Laura Plantation
... had harvested the cane. Didn't see any for sale to suck on sadly.
The narrative of the guides, and ours in particular (Jay), is built on first-person accounts, estate records, and original artifacts from the Locoul family, who built the simple, Creole style house in 1805. Laura was very much a working plantation and this is why the rooms are not styled in the style of typical rich plantations ...
Peace in the Trees
... while wooded fence. A long driveway flanked by these three hundred year old live oak trees is enough to make anyone with an imagination go wild. We are in farming country - sugar cane farming. As we drove we saw numerous clouds of smoke which we downed out were the burning of the harvested sugar cane fields. This is done to make the ground fertile for the p,anting of the next crop. For the TV buffs (you know who you are) - the location has been used ...



