Maison de Saizan Opelousas

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Keep laughing and loving and be on the look out for our kidnapped road crew!

Love
Debbie

PS: If any of you get a wild hair up your butt, call Dave in the hospital (he has his cell 951-333-1173) and tell him to get his lazy ass up. I'm ready to hit the road again.....just kidding about the lazy ass.

... and it was amazing to see the elaborate costumes, jewelry and masks. Outside we watched a few street musicians, but as the girls were pretty tired from our busy days, we decided to hit the road.

This afternoon they spent hours relaxing in the pool in our Cajun/Creole country hotel. Tonight we're off to an authentic Cajun restaurant. We'll see how adventurous they are!

... 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.

... since one can't see the whole state at once. But, still I like it better because it's easier on these old eyes. Then we drove into downtown Houston on I-45 and transferred onto the I-10 to drive across the southeast corner of Texas. Close to the border with Louisiana, we left I-10 and turned onto Texas 12 which became Louisiana 12 and then Louisiana 190 and took us to Opelousas, where Rusty told me I really should stop and have some crayfish etouffe. It was interesting ...

Je quitte l'hostel à 8heures et retourne chez Ihop mais pour des pancakes aux bananes cette fois. Je rends la voiture à l'aéroport: Je me suis trompé dans les dates et aurais du la rendre la veille! M'enfin! J'enregistre mes bagages et attends l'avion. Mais une annonce nous prévient du retard dû aux orages du coté de Dallas. Au bureau, on me conseil d'attendre pour aller à Dallas comme pr ...

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 ...

fatigué de la veille et toute cette danse, je me suis levé assez tard. Je me repose et planifie les jours suivant: je décide de partir demain mais réservé ma nuit de vendredi. Vers 1 heure, je retourne au lac Martin. Toujours de nombreux oiseaux et quelques alligators. Je rencontre de gens qui me disent qu'ils vont faire un tour sur le lac en bateau à 2h. Je voulais le faire donc je me dépêche ...

Je me lève à 8h45 juste pour découvrir que l'hostel pourtant complet hier soir est déjà vide! Le temps maussade ne me donne pas envie de sortir. De la pluie est prévue pour aujourd'hui. J'en profite pour me reposer, faire la lessive (machine) et préparer le reste de ma visite. Après une petite sieste je me rends au Whisky River landing, à Henderson. Un avis de gros orage vient juste d'etre émis pour la région. J'arrive juste entre 2 averses, en avance ...

... the road the cue sheet described as "rough with no shoulder", newly paved with a wide shoulder and rumble strip. After the small town of Oberlin, we spotted Sheree and the 44-mile SAG parked in the yard of a wonderfully welcoming Cajun family. Mr. Emory was delighted to have us, and spent quite a bit of time chatting with each of us. He and his wife own the home and surrounding 40-acres of a previous rice farm which encompassed 700 ...