Louisiana Shrimp & Petroleum Festival in Morgan City. We went for a couple of hours to see the 72nd annual festival in our neighboring town, Morgan City, on the Atchalafaya River. There was live music in the park, an arts and crafts fair, and a carnival under the big bridge -- a smart move because it seems to rain here everyday lately. There were two artists: one guy did ink drawing of local scenes, and the other from Baton Rouge did watercolors from pigments all derived from Mississippi River mud.
"Only the green came from Alabama, all the rest came from Louisiana clay," he told me.
There were a few shrimp boats on the river and several houseboats all spruced up with streamers. Everybody was friendly and the place was crowded!
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