Howard Johnson 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.

Today we went out into the wilds to go on a swamp tour with Zams, saw a family of raccoons along the ditch going out. Once we got to the tour ofice, the men took us out back of thier house to see thier private zoo. They had baby alligators a few old alligators, and a couple of very large snapping ...

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 ...

... the one bound for America, Francois Charles Peytevan DuRiblon, is my 4th generation great grandfather; his brother, Paul Felician Peytevan, is Jean's ancestor. For so long I have wanted to visit the land where my ancestors came from, whether Africa, Germany or France. So, as Anita and I toiled over where our next trip should be, I suggested the South of France (Marseille and Provence) thinking that perhaps I ...

... asking for directions, when one of the cashiers helping me with directions told me "Good luck with finding it, boo". There was the Boo again! No, its not Halloween and who's Boo? The cashier was kind enough to explain it to me-- I'm Boo. This is just a local way of being casual and friendly in the same way a Hawaii person would say , "Hey, take it easy, brah" That's solves the mysterious boo. Asian friendly I look predominantly ...

... with supplies and crew. There is absolutely NOTHING in the form of businesses. I can name all the businesses within a 30 mile radius. One is Charlie's bar and marina, the oldest business in the area. The second is Anthony's, the only nice bar and restaurant in the area. And finally the Conoco/Market/Pizza joint/Bar/Casino at the end of the road. This is where we chose to spend most of our down time because it was within walking distance and it had everything we needed to hang out ...

... children but i didt! (the staff turend out to be a load of stupid cows ad we had a massive argument with them the last day but neva mind) anyway our timing to new orleans was good for once cuz its mardi gras at mo! the actual day isnt for a week or so the 20th i think but they have all these parades on leading up to it. i didnt really know much about mardi gras and didnt know what to expect but we soon discovered the parades are cool. all the locals sit out on the streets ...

... By the time I had gone up and downstairs about 3 times and to the car twice to get settled in, unfortunately the afternoon tours had already been filled up so I decided to get a map and explore on my own. And I did. There are a number of post Katrina publications which advise and advertise businesses up and running in and around New Orleans and a free "Quarter Crawl" which offers information on festivals, calendar of events, attractions, bars and clubs, galleries and ...

... to a couple of neat bars and had a few drinks. There was an entertaining incident with the long-haired skeezy-looking tattoo artist sitting next to us at the bar. He wanted to impress me by explaining his version of the history of the world, and was really really concerned with explaining why the French, Irish, and Germans are all exactly the same. When I told him that his theory was probably just too complex for my little brain ...