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| * I asked Mr. Leblanc why they had the barbeque pit up on cinder blocks. Was it because they didn't want it stolen? He told me, "No, it's because Touchet caught the tires on fire the last time we cooked". A lesson to us all. |
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| Going west on La.1, I finally dropped off onto 457 at Moreau. I was back in bayou country. Bayous "most always" have 2 roads, one on each side. There is the worldly, busy road and the surreal one. I like the surreal ones better. |
| Going into Mansura I stopped to adjust something and saw Mr.LeBlanc* standing by the pit at the VFW Post.. |
| Getting closer to Mansura, the signs, whose messaages are comon place, struck me. They are painted on Highway Department, "One Lane Road Ahead" signs. Cost to the painter, paint. Cost to the taxpayer, with stand, probably 2 to 3 hundred dollars. Louisiana a 3rd World Country with no respect for law? Naw. Oh, and they accept Food Stamps for the "Fresh Gulf Shrimp" and "Boiled Crabs" . I wonder if those incrediants are on other states' accepted food stamp list? Or, maybe the signs were bought at surplus or Herold had a cousin with the DOT? Both would make them legal. Notice, they didn't even paint the backs to hide the fact. |
| Just shaking my head, I moved on. |
| Mansura has a railroad station, I never knew. Drip. The post for mail pickup is still there. Mansura should not be missed. It is a historic town. |
| So is Bunkie and you've seen this before.. It is a fine old train station and memorial park. |
| With a Caboose. Again. |
| I left for Washington, La. |
| There another caboose is in a resident's yard. |