Day 29 New Iberia Louisiana Comfort Suites

"Bilbo's Final resting place discovered"
For those that have not followed “The Hobbit” and have no interest in it, maybe you should. It’s surely is sad to report that I have found the graveyard of Bilbo. I suspect that is why my car left the main road and spotted this old cemetery at Lake Charles Louisiana. One never knows what one finds when you snoop around. What a find, pass this to those who care!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I did find this website by checking the correct spelling of Bilbo.
http://www.tuckborough.net/bilbo.html

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We walked through a Botanical Garden in Beaumont this morning, a nice walk with a small breeze, no alligators. They are rebuilding the shop and only a handful of people were there.

Exit 880 on Highway 10 is the longest stretch of Highway in the nation of course in Texas.

Great Restaurant judged #1 for 14 years!

While at Lake Charles I gave a call to a lady that Angie thought I should contact. As I do not try and use last names those who know what I am talking about know the abbreviation. Patricia P. was brought up as a step child to a Klink. I asked her to e-mail Angie that I had called her, her and her husband were recovering from an influenza and did not want to pass it on, nor did we want to contract it. My question to here about the Klink’s was whether they ever talked about being in Canada. As when we stopped at the Louisiana visitor center they mentioned that many in this region came from Nova Scotia and surrounds. As we have found Klink’s in Canada I thought there might be a connection as to why he came from Minnesota to Louisiana. She had found memories of him and also of meeting Angie and George, well who wouldn’t? Patricia and husband Don suggested for us to eat at their favorite restaurant, Steamboat Bill’s. http://steamboatbills.com/ With her fine directions we arrived there with no trouble. This is true gold for Cajun foods; Shirleen’s shrimp salad had some spicy shrimp, which I inherited. My Crawfish Etouffeé on rice was really good, not spicy but a nice hint after it went down the back of the tongue.

We then drove on Louisiana highway 14, a back road, it gave us a flavor of the real people and not the freeway vision.

This guy must have just got back from fishing, not only did he put up the sign, he re-sprayed the Fresh Catfish. He as really well tanned and sunburned.

Along the crawfish raising area we saw boats like this churning up the shallow water clay fields. Will have to see what this industry does. But remember at the place we ate it said the best crawfish in Louisiana!

Here is a house, see how they are raised above the ground on cement blocks?

Rip Van Winkle Gardens

Look carefully, there is a peacock in the tree.

A scene of the garden beauty,

a fountain, busy doing its thing for us.

The road lining the road to the garden is lined with miles of live oaks. We can never get over the beauty of these trees.

Wish this showed up better. It is a rook of pink Rosetta spoonbills a bright pink wading bird with a long, flat, spoonlike bill. Found one on the net with Answers.com.

This evening we walked to eat at Ruby Tuesdays, Shirleen chicken breast, she said she has had enough fried foods, me some ribs and Cajun shrimp. Tomorrow Avery Island and its Tabasco sauce and its making. Jerr