THE PHONE CALL: Me: “Hello? Danno (21 year old single son!): “What are you doing right now?” Me: “I’m just talking to a house-raiser man, why?” Danno: “Because I want to come down and hang out with you and the boys before I go back on the boat tomorrow. Do you need anything from town?”…
EPBush wants another point of view. Ask and ye shall receive! From the back deck, this is the south side of the house, looking toward the bayou. Then this is the north side of the house facing toward the bayou. So, Em, what do you think? Curiosity satisfied? This is what I saw from the…
From the archives: Originally posted January 30, 2008. Edited today. As you travel the bayou this time of year, orange trees laden with ripe fruit are a common sight in many yards. I don’t see how so many of the fruit trees survived the saltwater intrusion from Hurricane Ike flood waters. But somehow, many trees…
After reading all the comments/questions on the previous post, I see the need for a little more explanation! This was only a 2-seater airboat, but we stuck Termite right in front of me on the bow. D.R. and I were doing some exploring, and of course Termite refused to be left behind! And LilSis might…
This is your fearless captain reporting to you from the runway, just before take-off . . . in this 13-foot flat-bottom boat commonly called an airboat. Does it fly? You bet it does! After pushing this baby off the boat trailer, and making sure all systems are GO . . . D.R. skims us gently…
This story has nothing to do with the bayou or the wetlands, but I just have to use this venue to vent and get some feedback from the Faithful Few. Day before yesterday, I went to town to the grocery store, and as I walked through the produce department looking for cabbage, there were two…