I had to do an errand today and I had to go to Placqumine. But to get to the town, you have to take the ferry over. It is so much fun to be on the river! I love watching the ships go up and down the river. We who are landlocked forget how important rivers are for hauling merchandise up and down the river. The barges are constantly going up and down and the little ferry has to go around them; sort of like a semi meeting a Volkswagen. Today we had to go down the river a little to avoid the wake of a big barge. The wake still pushed the ferry back and forth, even the small amount of wake that we got. They have a great system to put the cars on and off the ferry and the guide they have is fun to watch, he almost dances as he waves you around. The ferry comes once every half and hour. The ferry does a semi circle in the water, so you start out backwards and end up going forward. It always seems to end up right!
The area that we are in is very rural. We have cows grazing not too far from us. We are about 200 yards from the river and we can walk up to the levee and watch the river. The berm they have built is very tall and protects this land from being flooded. I am going to attach some pictures of rural Louisiana. It looks like it must be a poor area of Louisiana. Notice how the houses sit up off the ground. The two story photo is the local grocery store and diner.
There is also a huge amount of industry in this area. Some of the factories make cyanide, one produces ammonia, and one makes Styrofoam.
We just hope they have emergency plans in place for shutdown!
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