Cajun Vacation

So to recap the Thanksgiving vacation.

Dori and I had fun in Louisiana even though we didn’t want to leave Fort Worth because we have a ton of work to catch up on. We mostly hung out with Dori’s Dad and her extended family. It was crazy having that many people over for Thanksgiving. After Thanksgiving I helped out around the house and around the 20 acres of land they own about 3 miles from the house. Mr. Boone bought the land a year ago and has completely transformed it. The place is pretty incredible when you consider that less than a year ago it was covered with trees and 8 ft. tall grass. He cleared the land, leveled it off, installed a huge barn, fenced the entire thing with electric fence, and is just yesterday finished up a 1 acre pond. He has a little farm going on out there complete with goats, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, horses, donkeys, cows…….well you get the point.

In the course of the week I visited and passed through several interesting places. It seems towns in Louisiana are very concerned with having a distinct city.....I mean corp identity. For the people from the other 49 states, Louisiana calls counties parishes and doesn't have city limits, but instead has "Corp" limit. Some of the more interesting cities I visited where Jennings, "The Cradle of Louisiana Oil", Rayne"The Frog Capital of the World", Crowley "The Rice Capital of America", and Gueydan "The Duck Capital of America".

All in all a great time even though I found running tough down around Lafayette, La. The weather is fine, but there wasn't as much sidewalk coverage as in DFW. The area is less populated so speed limits are not really enforced. It was disconcerting to be buzzed by cars going 70 mph on some backroad near the Boone house. I restricted my mileage because of fear for my life on the local roads. No shoulder, plus no sidewalk, plus no speed limits, is a little to risky for even me. I will have to make up some mileage this week back at home.