Our friend Lucy crying because ,if you haven't heard, her Naw'leans Saints won the Super Bowl.

Trish and I won these two beer glasses during the game! There are only four in existence, a lady in Leesville hand-painted them and baked them. We look forward to drinking from them in Chester Legion come June , we hope to make it for your birthday, Gary!!!

Here we are, back in Leesville, Louisiana for the SuperBowl Game ! Arrived Saturday, Trish stopped and got two cheeseburgers (hold the pickle on one) for Zeus & Zena, her favourite pit bulls, children of Andy and Lucy, our hosts. We were off to the Legion for a few and then ate our first sushi at a Japanese Steakhouse, always said we would never eat raw fish, but have to admit it was good, then when you think of it, we have been eating Solumun Gundy for years (raw pickled herring) !
Today is the big day, Go, Saints , Geaux! Two pigs are presently roasting at the Legion, their four TV's are warmed up, and the party starts around 2 pm. Coors Light is $1.00 per bottle, we are taking a Taxi! Who Dat!!! Not the Colts!

Camping in the bayous , the water is rising, we are going to higher ground, Leesville, the highest elevation in all of Louisiana is 545 feet, imagine, in Florida it is only 245 feet, Mt Uniacke at home is almost 1200 feet above sea level, and that is only a few miles from the sea at Bedford Basin. Talking to a biologist who believes New Orleans will be underwater 50 years from now! Then the Cajuns will move back to Nova Scotia!
Just over 48 hours to the big game, looking forward to the Superbowl party at Leesville Legion!
We love it here in the "Who Dat?" nation! Go, Saints, Geaux!

This is an exact replica of the Cross in Grand Pre' in Nova Scotia.

Longfellow's Oak in the Acadian Park in St. Martinville, LA

We spent a day at the Acadian museum in St. Martinville, Louisiana, 3000 of the 10,000 deported Acadians came here to live, Cajun Country, Longfellows Oak is next to the buildings, he wrote the poem Evangeline, the Nova Scotia connection is strong ,with Evangeline in Grand Pre'
They even have some miq maq baskets brought here by the settlers. An African-American museum is in the same building, emphazing the freeing of the slaves, the civil war and of course their relationship to the Cajuns.
We raved earlier about the special meat deals in Florida, today we saw 40 pounds of meat, chicken, pork, beef for $38.88. We need a larger freezer.