Smooth Sailing

On Saturday, I drove with my two kiddos down to a place called Cameron, LA. I had to bring my hubby a new cell phone and since he was in port we thought it would be a great time to see his ship. There he is in is "walk like an Egyptian" pose. It would just be so hard to be married to someone really quiet and boring... Cameron, LA is about 2 hours SW of Lafayette so we were on the road REALLY early. One hour on I-10 and 1 hour on little country roads. The Paul Callais is a 150' Offshore Supply Ship. Danny usually drives an 180' ship, so this is his "baby" boat. Usually the back deck is loaded with generators, and numerous boxes of everything from food to drilling pipe. They supply the oil rigs with EVERYTHING they need to sustain life, including water. Sometimes even a ride back to land in a hurricane! On our way down, we saw remnants of Hurricane IKE that hit at the end of last season. There is still so much destruction and people without homes. OK,...

Dad is home...and so we decided to go away for a little 4 day retreat. Chicot (pronounced Chico) State Park is about 1 hour north of Lafayette. It's a beautiful little park with wonderful cabins on the lake. I could just move in and never leave. Most of them are built on pilings so all you see is water out the front windows. Beautiful at night with the full moon shinning in. Sweetie Pie got her first fishing pole that lights up when you reel in your catch...or your moss as it was for her. The fish just were not biting. Saltwater fishing is the only way to fish! She can cast it pretty far though! We went on a great 5 mile hike. This is part of the lake behind us. It's covered with lillys in this section. Looks pretty swampy with the Cyprus trees huh! The hike was a lot of fun and the best part was that we got to go UP HILL AND DOWNHILL. Whohoo... And at the end of our hike, we found this wonderful tree...for a Happy Valentines Day!