We’re back to riding again, and wow, does it feel wonderful! Hurricane Ike blew in a cold spell that turned into the Louisiana fall. Weather is drop-dead gorgeous – it’s about mid 80s during the day, dropping down to the 60s at night, with low humidity and 5-10 mph winds. We’re up before dawn every …
Chelsea’s and my relationship with alligators extends back to 2002 when we started kayaking the Loxahatchee River. It was common for us to see alligators, and after 4 years of weekly all-day kayaking trips, we got to know a lot about alligators in the wild. We saw them hang out in their favorite spots, we …
Alligator skinning – not for the faint of heart! Read More »
Hanging out at the Museum before Gustav, we chatted with one old timer who kept referring to the hurricane as Faye – one that had missed us earlier. Jane gently corrected him each time, and finally he heard her. He thought for a moment, and said “Well, Gustav is a guy, and I’m not into …
Gustav and Rosemary’s Birthday, Ike and Route Changes Read More »
After all our anxiety about the “devastating” hurricane, we ended up with absolutely no effects at all in our area – we didn’t even lose electricity. We did lose Internet for a few hours, and there were some interesting winds late Monday afternoon, and we lost a couple of somewhat big tree branches, but that’s …
Well folks, it looks like we are in the crosshairs for Hurricane Gustav. We’ve been closely watching the weather channels, and it’s pretty much focalized on our area, but as we know, that can change anytime. Everyone around here has had the pre-hurricane jitters for the last few days. Everyone’s really calm, and there’s a …
Gueydan has one really big festival each year – the Duck Festival (the town bills itself as the Duck Capital of America). The festival and parade are a really big deal hereabouts, and draw people from quite a distance. They’ve got duck-calling contests, skeet shooting contests, a beauty pageant (there’s a queen for nearly every …
Of course, it’s not just the services that define a town, it’s the people, and the people have been the biggest reason we’ve stayed here so long (okay, the food is great, the music is great, there’s always something to do, we’re in a great house, and the weather has been near perfect the last …
Surrounded by rice farming, crawfish ponds, and cattle ranches, and billing itself as the “Duck Capital of America”, Gueydan is a small town of 1200 people, on Hwy 14. It’s 24 miles west of Abbeville, 12 miles east of Lake Arthur. As the crow flies, it’s about 20 miles inland (north) from the coast, and …
We really miss Fred; he’s become a big part of our lives, so we’ll take any chance we can to see him. One Sunday we made arrangements to come and see him in Abbeville. We agreed that we’d ride over on our bikes (about 24 miles), fly with him in the afternoon, and then he’d …
Ultralight and Rm Aerobatics (day trip to Abbeville) Read More »
A chance to see a small private rice mill in operation? How could we turn that down? Jamie Gayle, of Duck Capital Computers and Patti’s Book Nook, managed to arrange a private tour for us of Stansel Rice Mill, and on Chelsea’s birthday, no less. Located only a mile north of Gueydan, the rice mill …
