Avery Island
Today’s big event was a trip to Avery Island, home to the factory that makes Tabasco sauce for almost every country in the world. It’s quite an interesting story. We had a brief factory tour (really one only gets to see the bottles getting their caps put on and a short talk about the company’s history), then bought lunch at the company “Country Store” which mostly sells tourist-priced Tabasco branded items like shirts, ties, etc. Nicole enjoyed her first taste of crawfish, and I enjoyed it as well though the portions were disappointing for the price.
Nicole's first crawfish dish
We spent the afternoon exploring the wildlife preserve on the same island.
Alligator on Avery Island
The reserve attracts many egrets, and was once used to help them recover from near extinction. I don’t currently have either a good birding lens or a good birding camera, so despite best efforts, most of my photographs were good candidates for the trash bin. I like this one however, and may work on it some more.
Egrets on Avery Island
The water looks as it does because it is completely covered in duck weed.
Temperatures were around 25 degrees today with humidity up over 70%. Hardly what my Canadian body expects during winter, but I’m not complaining. Sure beats worrying about frozen insulin.
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Wow! For someone eating crawfish, Nicole sure does look happy. It feels like your adventure is really well underway now. As to difficulties with the GPS, I find ours is great in cities but seems to get lost out in the rural areas where we mostly are. I guess the moral of your story is: if you want to take the road less travelled, get a dirt bike (not an RV?). Great to see your photos. — M
Mistery solved: I spoke to my friends husband, the trucker. The trucks which let the motor going through the night have no Espar installed to heat. It would cost about 1200$ and it looks like they dont want to spend that kind of money. However, it has been proven that it would be cheaper in the long run. To let a truck idle through the night takes about 1 gallon/hour with the Espar its about 1 gallon for the night. The only time he has to let it idle is when the temps are really bad he wouldnt been able to start the truck in the morning.
Where is the pic you eating crawfish?
The picture of me with a goofy grin on my face and a little bowl of glop (crawfish etouffee and rice, actually) is in the post. Take another look!
Thanks for the info on the idling trucks…. Where we are now, in Catfish Heaven (yes, that’s what it’s called), it’s lovely and quiet, if a bit windy.
Actually I meant Frank… your pic is not to be missed… very lovely:)
You look really happy with that crawfish Nicole! I’m glad you’re surrounded by such adorable animals too.
Gosh Nicole. I am amazed all over again at the similarities in our hair. You look so danged cute! Not a seafood eater (hate most of it, in fact though I will make an exception for fish sticks, tuna fish, crab, and once in a blue moon, salmon – if the skin is removed before it comes to me), at all so I’d have had to pass on that one. My big question is, however, did you get that close to that alligator? I hear that they can move pretty darned fast and that looks pretty close up and gives me the shivers! Shudders, more like! Still and all, it sounds like you two are having a most fabulous time!! I so want to be able to do this one day!!
I kept my distance and used a long lens and some heavy cropping to get that photograph. I’m fond of my limbs and aim to keep’m all!
Thanks Frank! I would be rather fond of the limbs too! LOL