Gueydan, with its expansive fields of rice, is our first extended experience of being in a heavily agricultural area, other than our month in Abbeville, where sugar cane is king. Unlike sugar cane, which grows tall and prevents a view over the field, rice fields, even at the height of their growth cycle, still allow …
Clothing We had some important purchases while we’ve been here in Gueydan, not many, but really great ones. We’ve needed shirts really badly for our days on the bike, and the quality of the Columbia shirts we used so successfully went seriously downhill, so much so that we returned a new one with a note …
Chelsea’s new computer One of our biggest frustrations on the trip has been having only one laptop. Since writing is our way of communicating, and will be our major source of income, having one laptop really slows us down. It takes an average of 1 to 1-1/2 hours per page to write a decent blog; …
Getting there and getting set up The Thibs annual fly-in, at long last…we can’t believe we are here for the fly-in, especially after seeing so many photos of the prior years and hearing all the stories. Beth and James Thibodeaux are really awesome. Beth has her own painting business, specializing in unique faux painting, and …
Lake Arthur is a beautiful lake, described by locals as being merely a wide space on the Mermentau River. Wide space or not, it’s really beautiful, and we’ve loved the several occasions we’ve been on it. Paul Cassity, whom we met at the Yacht Club the night of the Gumbo Regatta, dropped by the following …
We’ve known about the Omelette Festival ever since we met Elray Schexnaider in Abbeville. We’d seen a short video on it, and then Elray showed us the full chef’s suit that he wears. He had told us in detail the history and development of the festival, and of his and his family’s participation in the …
Frog legs, errands, and adventures We’d really enjoyed Heuetta, but hadn’t had any time to really talk, so she invited us over to dinner the first week of October. Kenneth and Heuetta’s daughter Erika was there, with her two kids. Her cousin Peggy was there with Peggy’s mom, too. We had a quiet time outside …
Heuetta and Kenneth – frog legs, errands, Halloween, bone heaps, Fat George’s Read More »
The Hair family is a local extended family that feels like they must be our own extended family. It’s worth giving them their own blog section because there are so many of them, and we’ve done so many things with them. You know about Jane Hair – the curator of the museum – she was …
Our latest big news is that we are leaving Gueydan and southern Louisiana in less than three weeks, after an unbelievably wonderful 4 months in this area. As always, we are very excited about moving on, and we can’t wait to have all those new adventures we know are awaiting us. At the same time, …
Hansford has been a member of the Lake Arthur Yacht Club for many years, and even though he has sold his sailboat, he’s kept his membership current. The Yacht Club is a small group, and is pretty informal by many standards. They hold several events each year, and one is the annual Gumbo Regatta. Whoever …
