WEDNESDAY 9.11.19 LOUISIANA

Today, after a lazy morning, Ronnie offered us a boat ride and we jumped at it. I grew up with a boat in my family and spending our summers at the beach, Walt and I were out on boats all the time. 

All settled in the boat we left for a two  hour cruise.  We saw this fisherman right off.  With his umbrella he was quite comfortable out of sun.  He wasn't catching anything, we asked.

We weren't on the Pearl River (in Louisiana) too long before we took notice of the little shanty's that rested on 55 gallon drums and some on pontoons. It was a very low tide when we were out so some were even out of the water.

 Our boat captain Ronnie.

I looked at some of these vacation getaways and wondered what held them together???

Some of them had air conditioning, outside kitchens and drapes on the windows.

Many of them had "additions".

Heading to the other side of the bridge.

I think this was the upscale neighborhood!

Take note of the TV antenna.  12 volt TV?

This was even has outdoor showers.

 The kids in this one must have a blast with that slide!

It was here that our friend and boat caption decided to.....

.....give it some gas!

Now that's all well and good.  We enjoy a fast boat ride, but none of us thought about this.

The cover of the white Styrofoam cooler flew off and landed against my face, knocking my glasses off. i saw it coming and i was just stunned i guess. Margaret sitting closest to me grabbed it by the corner and it broke off sending the cooler lid into the river. Since we were the only ones on the river we decided we would pick it up on the way back.

After checking out the river thoroughly Captain Ronnie took us back to retrieve the cooler lid

Walt was ready with net.

Walt made an outstanding catch!   My hero!

 After our boat ride we stopped at a roadside stand and Ronnie bought 6 pounds of large shrimp. They were boiled up and along with a fresh veggie salad we all enjoyed a very good dinner.

What I wasn't expecting was that the shrimp would still have their heads!   Ronnie was kind of enough to de-head them.

 After a wonderful dinner we went for a second boat ride.  This time on the large lake in their community.  The water was just as smooth as glass and we just skimmed across the top of it.  It was a beautiful early evening for a boat ride.  As you can see the homes that line the lake are much different than the ones on the river.

Walt added Mississippi to our states map.

What a fun day was with friends.