" Way Down Yonder In Bayou Country "

There is a lot going on this coming weekend Way Down Yonder In The Bayou Country of Louisiana........Cajun Country that is.............See the little red line on this map that runs North between Lafayette and the word Cajun? Hubby and I will be cruising that road Saturday!!




I had plans to go to the huge Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge this weekend but things changed! I was going to hang out with my author friends Angie Ledbetter, Kat Magendie, Kerry Madden, Rick Bragg, and Chris Tulsa. I would also get to meet other authors I read including; Sonny Brewer, Anne Butler, Ernest J. Gaines,Tim Gautreaux,Wally Lamb and Sarah Langan.
These are just a smidgen of the authors who will be there! BUT............

Recently Marguerite @ Cajun Delights Blog (click to read it)

posted about a little town just North of Lafayette that she went Antique shopping in. Grand Coteau, La. I looked this place up on the Net and saw that there is going to be a 7 mile Yard
Sale this coming Saturday from Grand Coteau to Arnaudville !! I was telling Hubby about it and he said; " I would love to go to that !! So NO Bookfest for me this weekend ! :(

We are taking a little getaway instead......... We won't be staying on this Houseboat ( maybe another trip) :)

We'll be spending Friday night in a hotel in................

We will get up early and hit the road looking for Antique Shops and Yard Sale treasure....

There are some other stops we hope to make along the way to and from Cajun Country...........They are also having a Cajun Festival in the streets of downtown Lafayette all weekend !

I can spend time here for sure!

This is the outside of store...........

I love places like this.........

Gotta check out some Louisiana Pottery................

Get a cup of that strong Louisiana coffee to keep me going...........

Browse among the moss covered Live Oaks............

Look at this place in Grand Coteau............

This cemetery is also in Grand Coteau..................I'm definitely going here with my camera!

LAWD......I wonder what's in this here Gatorville Shop ?

Another good place to browse..................

Wouldn't mind seeing a few of the fellows.................

LORD HAVE MERCY ! I Don't want to run into this Hog Eating Beast ! Can you believe this Gator has a whole Wild Boar in his mouth ???????

However......... God is good and all is not lost where my bookfest is concerned! I will be having

lunch with Rick Bragg and Sonny Brewer on Thursday @ Main Street Books, my local Indie bookstore and Kerry Madden and I are trying to work out a lunch date Friday as she comes through Hattiesburg on her way to Baton Rouge for the fest!! I'm just a blessed woman! Yes! I am! :)