The Bayou Bengals! Knock wood, I won't need anything. I am only stopping long enough to buy food at the Whole Foods. ---- Trey Jung <treyjung@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Grew up in RedStick (Baton Rouge) , went to LSU.... My family lives there. > If you need anything call my brother Stephen (225)- 252-7175....I called him > and told him you were on the way.... > > Trey > 713-501-7963 > > On 10/30/06, coocoo@xxxxxxx <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I had fun in Lafayette. The show is small but good. The people that put it > > on really work their asses off. It is all about cruising and eating, lots of > > eating. You get there Saturday and take a long cruise to a restaurant on the > > shore of the Atchafalaya Basin (big lake) and eat lunch. Then, it's a long > > cruise back. Everyone goes to the hotel and unpacks and IT'S TIME TO CRUISE > > TO DINNER! at a big dance hall type place with a Cajun band. I had half a > > roasted duck. > > > > Sunday, it's jambalaya! All this is held in a nice park outside of a > > restored 1800s village called Vermillionville, on the banks of the > > Vermillion River (maybe my favorite name, ever). The awards are little > > cypress boat paddles, pretty cool, and it should be a lesson for how simple > > an award can be and still be cool. > > > > Bob and Tine were there, as were Sammy, David Blades, The Dirkson family > > (Chris is from there , or somesuch, and he fell into Patois pretty quickly. > > "You should go there, you") Mark and Emily took good care of me. Emily even > > tried to pump my gas when the pump trigger was not working correctly. It's > > not like I'm helpless, just sometimes I need help finding stuff or fixing > > stuff or cutting up my food. No, I can cut up my food, sometimes, if it's > > soft. > > > > So, today I will stop for a short while in Baton Rouge (Red Stick) and go > > for tonight at an RV/campground at Hollywood Casino in Biloxi. Supposedly > > hookups, cable TV, Wi-Fi and the casino has three restaurants and a buffet. > > > > I love roughing it. > > > >