Yesterday, we left Galveston Island via ferry boat. The alternative was to drive back the way we came and go around Galveston Bay. We stopped at the ferry dock in hopes of finding a shortcut to Hwy. 87 which in fact it was. Took us across the bay and dumped us right where we wanted to be. Cost: Free.
We drove on through Texas until lunch time and were headed for a Denny's when we spotted Al T's cajun restraunt. The sign in front announced that they had mud bugs available. We have searched the bredth of Texas in search of a "good" local restraunt (see earlier adventure at Bill Miller's Texas Bar-B-Que). This was to be our last chance before leaving the State, and it paid off.
I was all set for some mud bugs until I got a look at the menu. Al-T's special included salad, two kinds of gumbo (shrimp and chicken & sausage), etoffee, bodin sausage, fried catfish, alligator, oysters and shrimp, stuffed crab, cole slaw and red beans & rice. That's for me! Howard studied the menu for longer than I have ever seen him do in the past (and that's a pretty long time. The waitress had to come back three times before he selected bacon wrapped shrimp. Mine came on two platters, plus a separate plate for the salad. I ate all the shrimp, oysters, alligator and catfish, the stuffed crab, and about half of the gumbos, red beans and rice, cole slaw and bodin (which appears to be a sausage casing about 9" long filled with rice and spices. I also ate all the salad. Howard enjoyed his shrimp and we both endured the disbelieving looks we got from the other customers. Great food at last!
Soon thereafter, we crossed the border into Louisiana. The terrain changed almost immediately. Still lots of greenery and a whole lot of water. Bayous, rivers, swamps, tall trees, really pretty country. Tonight we will camp at a Louisiana State Park near Lake Charles.
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Mmmm. Sorry couldn't be with you and eat that gator.
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