Orange, Texas and surrounding areas (Deweyville, Pleasure Island, etc.)
Word of the Day:
Bald cypress: Taxodium distichum. Common and characteristic swamp tree in the southern United States.
Tupelo gum tree: g. Nyssa. Another common swamp tree in the southern US.
Quotes of the Day:
“What’s a ‘rebel’?” – Julie
“They’re taking pictures in tutus all through their road trip!” – Marissa’s cousin Jen, to the airboat captain
“That’s just wrong.” – The captain
“Haha, bet you’ve never had tutus in your boat before!” – Jen, also to the captain
“No. And I hope it doesn’t happen again.” – the captain
“What is the children’s poem that includes the line, ‘Have you any wool?’
- Oink oink, black sheep
- Quack quack, black sheep
- Baa baa, black sheep
- Whaddup, black sheep” - $200 question on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and source of many days of ensuing hilarity
Listening to:
Snippets of country on the truck radio
Eating:
Blueberry pancakes, compliments of Becky!
Sonic burgers, onion rings, chicken poppers and tater tots (during Happy Hour! Half price limeades!)
More boiled crawfish (who knew these were SO DELICIOUS?!)
Crab pistolettes
BBQ bread
Fried pickles
Fried okra
Fried alligator
Crawfish etoufee (apparently sub-par, according to Jen, but still tasty)
Bluebell Ice Cream (best ice cream in Texas!)
Signs of the Day:
“Don’t mess with Texas. $400 for littering.”
“Rebel Gifts – Swimsuits Now Available”
Notable Events:
Airboat ride through cypress swamp! SOOO AWESOMMMME! Amaze-balls, if you will.
- First Sonic visit! Where women on roller skates come out to your car and bring you burgers, and variously flavored limeades are half price between 4-6.
- First visit to a lake where boats had been washed up in the storm, drove through chemical plants and other factories to get there. Left water lily flowers as sacrifice to Tutu Gods near the remnants of the pier at Pleasure Island.
- Found and played on BEST PLAYGROUND EVER near Pleasure Island!
- Nearly lost Julie to an onslaught of Fire Ants during tutu picture at the Pleasure Island sign. Fought our way out, barely pulled through.
- Visit to the beach to walk in the Gulf! Saw bare bones of boardwalk, largely damaged by Hurricane Ike. Found various brittle shells of unknown species or origin, invertebrates, Sargassum seaweed, large box turtle by the side of the road. Attempted to imitate blue crab swimmerets and alligator movement.
- Cajun Cowboys Restaurant, across the border in Louisiana! Ate various delicious fried things. Fried pickles a surprising crowd-pleaser. Who knew?
- Officially reached our all-time limit of fried food consumption.
- Shooting a pistol with a silencer (so as not to wake the neighbors) in the backyard at a Dr. Pepper can, just so Marissa could say she did.
- Katie's first driving lesson on a manual transmission. In the dark, in the rain, on the back roads of rural Texas, with Little Car's rearview mirror blocked by the mountains of our stuff. At one point had to pull into a driveway to avoid an oncoming car - Marissa had to take over for the backing out, dogs started barking hysterically as drivers switched places, Tutu Crew feared we might all be shot for trespassing. Luckily, all returned alive and unscathed, even Little Car. Milagros.
Haiku of the Day:
Fried pickles, rebels
Cypress, gators and cousins
Texas adventures!
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