First of all, we owe an apology to our blogviewers who are wondering what happened to Day 18: More Texas. The truth is that it rained BUCKETS all the way from Sweetwater TX, where we stayed the night, through the rest of the Lonestar State and into Shreveport LA, where we slept last night in thunder and lightning. I mean it was A LOT of rain! Corky was white-knuckling-it on the highway and we were very upset that there wasn't an opportunity to let Mat out to see the sights. No matter... The morning was dry enough and we'd heard about a GIANT Crawfish to stop and see at a seafood boil joint in Alexandria, LA:
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| Mat is dwarfed by the giant crawfish at Swamp Daddy's in Alexandria, LA |
Jeremy, the manager of Swamp Daddy's Crawfish, was just arriving for the day when he happened upon us unloading Mat in front of the giant crustacean and he was more than surprised to see us (doing God knows what) before opening hours. After a little explaining on our part he happily posed with Mat, accepted some Art*o*mat® art samples, and sold us a tee-shirt before we got out of his hair. I'm sure he's still shaking his head about us!
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| Jeremy, manager of Swamp Daddy's, was a good sport to allow us to take his photo with Mat first thing in the morning.
Since it was still hours before Swamp Daddy's served the crawfish, we headed east and stopped for an amazing Cajun lunch (a huge "thank you" to the nice manager of the Shreveport Holiday Inn Express who recommended the restaurant in Lafayette) at Pre Jean's Award Winning Cajun Cuisine. Since it's all about food down here, we thought a few photos of the stuffed gator tail and blackened catfish etouffé might be fun. We had a blast waving to the restaurant's web cam as we texted to family back home watching us during lunch. The food was rich and spicy and we think that we've eaten all the gator and frog legs we can handle (it's kind of a one-timer type of thing).
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