Holiday Inn Morgan City, La

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/

Arrived Houma LA at 1030am monday Oct 12 ,left Houston 3am, anxious grandmother on board!
they are having funning visiting and sharing presents, Friday is Kims 32nd Birthday, we havent celebrated her Birthday with her in 10 Years, We got her a new laptop ...

... my convo with S.): S: My dad has a swamp boat an' we tie our rubber tube to it 'n have d' boat pull us round through d' waders. Its fun but 'times it can be scary, 'specially when you're geddun pulled an' ya see de crocs chasin ya! Last time I went was a close call. I could see de crocs comin at me an' I was like... 'Hurry up- pull me up quick!' Me: There are crocodiles in the waters you go tubing in? S: Oh yeah, lot of 'em ...

... Vessel was a piece of work, let me tell you. Actually, it was a piece of ****, and I have the photo's to back it up. 110 feet long with about 80 feet of back deck, the Captian Levert looked like it was one Coast Guard inspection away from being sold to a third world country. We all all lived in one big 10-man snake pit in the bow of the boat beneath the galley, it was not air conditioned but instead had an array of fans to pipe down the cool cigarette smoke from the lounge area ...

... few pennies they would wash, dry and fold them for you. So we quickly gave them the clothes and jaunted off to the local gambling casino, the Amelia Belle. It is a permanently docked, three story paddlewheeler chock full of gambling tables, slots, etc. I worked on my computer in the car for an hour while Bev went in to gamble and then met her for lunch about noon. After lunch, we decided to stay for 30 minutes more, so I plunked ...

... up. Then they directed a huge barge/tow to enter behind us. Everything was fine until the gates in front of us began to open and the current was horrendous. While we only went up 8", the impact of the current almost had us going into the wall. Once again, Tom's superior boating skills kept us out of trouble. Then, once the gates were opened and we were directed to exit, we saw a towboat who had misjudged the current and was smack dab in ...

... forward to seeing Kim and Corwin when we get to Morgan City. Bev and I are planning on driving up to Lafayette where we have been promised another taste of Kim's world class cajun cooking. We headed off to town for dinner tonight and found a Chinese/Japanese restaurant with a great Sushi bar. We walked the mile back to the Marina and then remembered we needed ice, so Tom and I stopped at a convenience store. We had the ...

... to evacuate the coastal areas because of potential flooding. We sit at the church for almost an hour debating wind speeds and trajectories. Worst case scenario, the wedding takes place in tropical storm conditions as Rita is not planning on coming ashore until Friday night. What a wedding day!