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CHAPTER 1
Houston, Texas
CHAPTER 2
Kemah, Texas
CHAPTER 3
Kemah, Texas
CHAPTER 4
Galveston, Texas
CHAPTER 5
Seabrook, Texas
CHAPTER 6
Seabrook, Texas
CHAPTER 7
At Sea - Gulf of Mexico
CHAPTER 8
At Sea - Gulf of Mexico
CHAPTER 9
At Sea - Gulf of Mexico
CHAPTER 10
At Sea - Gulf of Mexico
CHAPTER 11
Port Fourchon, Louisiana
CHAPTER 12
Cut Off, Louisiana
CHAPTER 13
Cut Off, Louisiana
CHAPTER 14
Cut Off, Louisiana
CHAPTER 15
Houma, Louisiana
CHAPTER 16
Houma, Louisiana
CHAPTER 17
Houma, Louisiana
SPINDRIFT - CHAPTER 14
Cut Off, Louisiana
May 20, 2003
It seemed like every day we were invited to someone else's house. more often than not to eat. Now, crawfish have their own particular way to be eaten. First you break off its tail. Then you squeeze it as you suck the meat out of it. Sounds easy. It isn't. The real "pros" suck out their brains also. We weren't able to make it to that level.
They really are tasty little things though, especially when they are served as Crawfish Pasta, or Crawfish Etouffe. Now those are really yummy!
Here we found ourselves right in the middle of just the friendliest bunch of people, and they ALL just love to eat! We had such a good time.
We got to take a trip out into the woods one day where we ate a strange plant, kind of like celery, but with thorns all over it. The people in these parts all seem to know how to live off the land, ALL of them, poor, wealthy, educated as well as uneducated. It is really impressive.
Ricky came by one day and offers to take us into the marshes in his flat bottom boat. We all load into his car and off we go to a boat ramp, climb into his boat and spend the next 3 or 4 hours seeing La Fourche parrish from the water. Ricky explains all kinds of things to us. He is a smart guy, and very passionate in all he does. You also can't help but notice his deep love for the land, the water, bayous, with all the fishing, crabbing and hunting.
Cajuns are so sincere, not a fake bone in their bodies. What a contrast with city life where people are all too concerned with superficialities. Even the young people are also into fishing and more natural things. It was really refreshing to meet such simple people.
We once got to go into New Orleans, where we were invited to a baseball game, and then afterwards to see the French Quarter and later have "Beignets" (a fried doughnut-like pastry) and coffee, a local tradition. Nevertheless afterwards we were glad to return to the simplicity of the bayou and its leisurely lifestyle.
"There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval."
George Santayana
(1863-1952)
(1863-1952)