So the next day six of us (Anderson's/Bahnson's and Leith's) headed north to Mamou. The Bahnson's had told us about this "bar" that is quite popular. You can read about Fred's Lounge here - http://www.lsue.edu/acadgate/mamou.htm. This bar is ONLY open on Saturday from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM! That's right...and only one day a week! We got there about 9:30 and the place was already PACKED! You could kind of tell that we weren't "locals" and someone offered us their table in the back. We lucked out because we were seated behind this group of ten women. 
These women have made this an annual event while their husbands are out for their last weekend of hunting, these women rent a limousine and come to Mamou! They left their homes at 6:30 am and I would have to think that they probably also started drinking about then! They were drinking shots of something called "Hot Damn" and they offered Dottie and I a shot to try. These ladies were hilarious! They provided a lot of laughs! Forgot to tell you that a local radio station was broadcasting from Fred's! Lots of dancing, loud music and French! Don thought he 
might have had too many beers when he couldn't understand anything they were saying until I told him it was all in French! :-) We enjoyed listening to the music and the women told us about themselves and kept us entertained! We left after a few hours since we also wanted to go to Avery Island and take the Tabasco Tour!We stopped by and picked up the Rea's and Stone's and headed towards Avery Island! We didn't travel by highway instead took
local roads! It was interesting to see the various houses and the local area instead of only what you see from the highways! Avery Island is one of five salt dome islands. (Read about it here: http://www.tabasco.com/tabasco_history/avery_island.cfm). Since this was a Saturday, you only walked through the factory but nothing was going on. Of course, we also checked out the Country Store where they had all kinds of Tabasco flavored products...one of which was ICE CREAM! I had a sample...not sure I'd want to eat a whole bowl of the stuff!
Wasn't long after we got back before we headed to Thibadeoux's another local joint for Cajun food! Lew ordered 5 lbs. of crawfish...and ate it all to boot! Here I had fried pickles, a salad and boudin! Yum! Yum!Nothing better than going to bed on FULL tummys! Another early morning and we were once again under way! From Duson we headed to Robertsdale, AL. We arrived at the Wilderness RV Park and got settled in. Had dinner on our own and the next day we ventured off to various locations. Don and I took in
the USS Alabama that is docked in Mobile. After the Alabama it was over to see the submarine, USS Drum. The Alabama was christened in 1940 and was almost completed at the outbreak of hostilities in WWII. In 1942 she was placed in full commission. The USS Drum was interesting, but we had already seen the USS Razorback a year ago and didn't take too long to go through it. The outside had lots of rust and wouldn't even be considered seaworthy now!From there, I wanted to be able to say that I had been in the Gulf
Ocean so we drove quite a ways to get there! It was probably closer another way, but I was just guessing on how to get there! Along the way I spotted a sports tavern called the Loose Moose. You know I just had to stop there even if only to say we'd been! Anyhow, got to the beach in Orange Beach. The sand was whiter than I've ever seen and filled chock full of sea shells! I can remember going to the beach in So. California when I was young and seeing that many shells! The water was just a little nippy and there wasn't too many around...a few people strolling along the beach but no one swimming or surfing that I saw! We couldn't tell if the parking lot we were in was damaged from Hurrican Katrina or had once been a building of some sort that was taken down for some reason. It looked like there had been some damage, but we couldn't tell since we didn't know what had previously been there!
Since we had taken the drive to the beach, we met everyone at Lambert's, Home of the Throwed Rolls (www.throwedrolls.com) for dinner. Not only was this a fun place to eat (they really DO throw the rolls at you) but the food was great and PLENTIFUL! If you've never eaten at Lambert's you don't have a clue! They come around and offer you fried okra, tomatoes and macaroni, fried potatoes, black-eyed peas and collard greens this is in addition to your food AND the throwed rolls! Joanne Stone ordered a Chef Salad. It was huge and served in a real "roll" shaped bowl! We all waddled out of there!Once again, an early morning arriving at Defuniak Springs, FL! Spent the night and headed into Lake City, FL. Another night and then we arrive in Titusville for the MCOA and Monacoers Rally!
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