Monday, 2/7/2022
Continuing along the Louisiana Gulf Coast, there are many homes with blue tarps on the roofs. Occasional cement slabs where something once stood, some of which have an RV parked on them. This area has been hard hit with hurricanes the past few years.
Many homes are on stilts in this area; we pass a few with interesting names - "Coon Ass Hilton". (Coon ass is a controversial term sometimes considered an ethnic slur against Cajuns. Others consider it a badge of pride, which we assume is what the folks who named this home thought).
And here is "Camp David".
Gas has gotten more expensive- $3.20 at home, $3.65 at Stella's Grocery (though they don't have much in the way of competition). We have to take a small ferry at Cameron. Lots of bridges, including draw bridges along this watery route.
Quite a few flocks of black birds. It has been a while since we've seen such large flocks!
We cross the Intercoastal Waterway a few times.
Beth has forgotten extra camera batteries and a new portable power pack at home. We check at a Best Buy we come across and find that the batteries aren't available anywhere in Louisiana. Beth buys a replacement power pack that we hoped to use to charge Greg's hearing aids at night, but it doesn't seem compatible...
Crawfish are just coming into season and we pause to watch this guy emptying his catch from wire cages in the shallow water fields.
In Morgan City, we look for a place that sells poor boy sandwiches (usually great in this part of the country) and end up at a small house called Rita Mae's Kitchen, recommended by Google. It has about 8 tables in 3 rooms, and is mostly full, but we are seated. Good shrimp po'boys, but not great.
We continue on to Houma but find the Bayou Terrebonne Wildlife Museum closed, even though the website shows open. This will, unfortunately, be a repeated scenario. Thanks, COVID.
We avoid New Orleans area and soon cross into Mississippi. Rickey Levy Memorial Park, on a pier near Bay St. Louis, is where we land for the night, along with hundreds of nearby gulls.
Pretty as the sun sets, but after the sun is down it lights the sky even more brilliantly!
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