We have all been having our frustrations with our computers and internet, and are all trying to help each other... Doreen finally figured out why her computer wouldn't SEND messages when it would receive them! Verna has been an accountant so she is knowledgeable about figures, but not Microsoft Office, so I was able to show her how to save text and paste it wherever she wants it.
We had a beautiful day on Friday. All put up our canopies and I made waffles for brunch in our "yard" for the couples who hadn't gone in to Port Arthur to shop and do laundry.
I had heard that there was some kind of "FUR FESTIVAL" in Cameron, just down the highway and across the Ferry from here. Apparently this is a Wildlife and Fishing Haven and they have an annual festival much like the P.A. Winter Festival only with a Mardi Gras flavour and no snow. A Parade and Carnival Rides were advertised, so we packed up Paul and Mary and went to Cameron to check it out.
How we take for granted all the land room we have up north! This little town is right on the Gulf Coast and only has one thoroughfare - the main highway going through town. So therefore, the Parade has ONE street to travel on and everything else comes to a halt The town itself may have two additional side streets in between the bayous - there were too many cars parked to even take a tour. And everyone in the area was THERE! It was wonderfully festive, and basically a "Mardi Gras" Parade. They said that if a person wanted to try Cajun food, we were not going to find anything more Cajun than here. We figured we'll have plenty of time to try out Cajun food so didn't get any there.
There must have been 100 motorbikes in the Parade, about two dozen classic cars, 50 horses and 20 floats and a million people watching! We were very impressed for such a small place.
They had muskrat skinning competitions, duck calling, oyster shucking, and other competitions. We didn't get to see any of them. We did get to hear the Cajun band who was performing behind the Carnival, and it was excellent. I could have stayed for an hour and even danced, but my companions were ready to leave.
It was a gorgeous summer day and we were really glad we took our chairs. It looked like we weren't going to get any beads at first, because everyone on the street was clamouring for them. I kept thinking that it wasn't even ABOUT admiring the lovely floats and all the hard work to make them, but the parade watchers were just interested in how many beads they could get, and some were very serious about it. We were observing an elderly white haired lady in front of us who just got in there and grabbed all the beads, it seemed. We did come home with some beads, but only because the larger floats threw them out farther into the crowd.
Then on Sunday we went in to P.A. to a very friendly Pentecostal Church which had been highly recommended by Maurice and Sue. Boy were they right! Not only did their people remember Maurice and Sue from Christmas, but they were truly a friendly bunch. A young couple pastors the church, and the lady, Pastor Aimee, is vibrant and lovely. She preached the sermon and did a mighty fine job of it.
We then took in another Grande Buffet and then decided to drive to Beaumont, Texas, where George Jones was born, and tour the Beaumont Botannical Gardens. Of course they were not in bloom being winter, but they had a wonderful indoor conservatory which we went through as well. Again, we had a lovely day for it.
So that's the first weekend done, and a wonderful weekend it was.
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