SW Louisiana Remembered

At the Travel Media Showcase, New Orleans’s booth was empty except for a vase of flowers placed there in sympathy. While at the show I did get a chance to see some of my friends at the SW Louisiana booth. If the show was held next week there is a chance that their booth would also get a vase of flowers. It appears Hurricane Rita is at this moment making a visit to Lake Charles and the SW. I had the good fortune to celebrate Mardi gras there last year. It is Louisiana’s second biggest.

Coverage on the news media is all about petroleum plants and rising gas prices. I am thinking about the treasures seen on my trip, starting with the very friendly people. I wonder about the Krewes that march on their floats in the MG parades and the thousands of faces I threw beads to from one of the floats. I think about the restaurants that served up some of the best Cajun food I’ve ever had. I wonder how the Creole Trail (180 mile National Byway will hold up). Here is a link to that article for GoNOMAD about the area. It will fill you on about what I really am thinking and praying about.