Becca wrote:
>Rosalie B. wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure whether you are disagreeing with me or not. I had many
>> good experiences with the people. Most of the slightly less happy
>> memories had to do with fire ants, having our tires cut with oyster
>> shells, and with sliding the car off the road in knee deep mud. At
This was in 1960, so a long time ago. The fire ants were because our
rental house was built in what had been an old sugar cane field.
>> least in that instance neighbors came by and rescued me (I had been to
>> tea with the CO's wife and was all dressed up in stockings and heels)
>> and then the guys pulled the car out of the mud and brought it back.
>>
>> I had seen "All the Kings Men" (the original version) in school, and
>> when we were living there, I read "Louisiana Hayride". So when we
>> went to that area this past winter, I went to Baton Rouge where we had
>> never been,and also to Shreveport.
>>
>> We actually lived in Jeanerette on an un-named and unpaved street and
>> I had to get my mail at the PO by General Delivery because the mail
>> was not delivered there. When we went back in 2004, the street had
>> been paved and named, but most of the landmarks that I would tell
>> people how to get there were still there including the yellow brick
>> school and the welding shop.
>>
>> We ate lunch at a little sandwich shop there and then went to the
>> museum. The old lady at the museum knew everyone, and we able to tell
>> me what happened to the lady next door, and all her children, what
>> happened to our landlord, and that the church I went to had been torn
>> down, and all sorts of other information.
>>
>> The base that had just been built was a total boondoggle - the people
>> there didn't want it, and it was a disaster as the runways kept
>> sinking into the mud. The Navy didn't really want it either, and it
>> had been turned over to local control when we visited.
>>
>> We used to go to Lafayette when we went out to eat, but I haven't
>> gotten back there. We did revisit Morgan City (where they were
>> filming the updated version of All the Kings Men) and St. Martinville,
>> and tried to go to Avery Island. The factory was closed because it
>> was Saturday, and the girls at the store didn't want to sell us
>> tickets to the wildlife reserve because they said it was too cold and
>> there were no animals. I found out later that was false, although I
>> doubt we'd have seen any alligators.
>>
>
>When I was a kid, they used oyster shells in most of the parking lots,
>but I have not seen that in a long time. We do not have fire ants, but
>we have tiny little ants and I have no idea how to get rid of them.
>Amdro works well on fire ants, but these ants will not touch it. :(
>
>These towns are so familiar to me. We live in Shreveport, and I have
>family who lives in Jeanerette. I started school in Morgan City.
>
>When we lived in New Iberia, we visited Avery Island quite often. The
>wildlife area is called Jungle Gardens, it is 250 acres, full of exotic
>plants, it is owned by the McIlhenney family. The Tabasco factory is
>closed on all Holidays, but if you go back, I hope you can see Jungle
>Gardens. I am so sorry you missed it. If we ever cruise together, I will
I was sorry to miss it too - I should not have let them put me off.
>tell you a story about a huge alligator that I thought was dead. He
>wasn't! You will not believe how high a pregnant woman could jump. lol
>
>http://www.tabasco.com/tabasco_history/visit_avery_island.cfm
>
I was told that an alligator can jump as high as he is long, and run
faster than a man for a short distance. Mostly, they don't bother,
fortunately.
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