Holiday Inn Houma

Saturday we all went to Baton Rouge, the girls wanted to buy clothes at Kohls, we stopped at joes crab shack for lunch, where the waiters sang to Kim for her birthday. On the way back to houma we stopped at a cabellas, Today Sunday the girls are making gift jars. At about 6pm Susie and I are leaving to spend the night in Vicksburg, MS, On Monday plan to see the Civil war military park.

... We boarded the pontoon boat for a run up the bayou, He let Haeley drive his boat she was very excited about that, We saw Great blue Herons, snow egrets, and many alligators of various sizes from babies to old , along with a few turtles. Going out we passed under a draw bridge we all enjoyed the day

today we all went to Oak Alley Plantation along the Mississippi River, We had lunch of cajun food, than toured the Plantation house

http://www.oakalleyplantat ion.com/

... for her Birthday
Sunday we had a Barbecue at my Brothers home in Katy, Texas, Jason my nephew, Lorene my step mom, and alices friend Joyce came for lunch, we had a nice afternnoon
visiting and all went to Dairy Queen for a treat in the evening.

... genealogist. I have researched my Louisiana Creole roots back to 1727 in French Colonial Louisiana. My research has uncovered numerous ancestors from Africa, Germany and yes, France. Several years ago, while researching a specific French family line, I posted an anonymous query on a genealogy website requesting information about a French ancestor of mine. Also on another website called African American Lives II ...

... takes a bit longer and more concentration to find. While Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Wendy's all erase the notice of crocodiles slithering in swamps, I find other culturally fascinating things that set it apart from the rest of the United States. Is that marbles in your mouth ? I heard someone speak Cajun the other day. I think. It was a phenomenon to be experienced. Its as if a radio signal picked up every language in the world ...

... in both the Pacific and European Campaigns. I found it very interesting especially because I had just been in Normandy last May. When people think of D-Day, they typically think of Utah and Omaha Beach. But people easily forget that there was a D-Day in the Pacific too, on Iwo Jima. More men and more boats landed on Iwo Jima than on Normandy but for some reason people still think of Normandy when they think of D-Day. I highly recommend the Clint Eastwood films (directed, not ...

... Katrina and Rita, it's a harsh reminder to any of us who live on the coast to respect the power of these storms. It's also shown me the resilience of the people of Florida, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, some of whom, three years later, are still rebuilding their lives. Tomorrow we will head off to Intercoastal City where Kim and Corwin will join us so Corwin can do the Power Squadron inspection of Naciente. ...more later

... in and had to get really creative in tying the boat up. Then, Tom had to build a ramp to help Bev get off the boat...it was a good design and works great. But after being visited by several homeless people and hearing the roar of the passing cars as they drove just above us on the steel bridge, then finally being blasted by the train's whistle as it came roaring by next to the bridge, we decided to say Uncle, and found a hotel room ...

... be left crewless. Anyway, the "marina" is actually a long dock with electric and water hookup (it's run on an honor system and we put our $20 and info about our boat in an envelope and put it in a mailbox). We're about 150 feet from the GIWW where tugs pushing four-load barges have been coming by all day. They only have a clearance of about 10 feet on either side of the GIWW at this point...I don't know how they do it. One ...