Monthly Archives: April 2011

Backroads To The Big Easy

Water seems to be incorporated into my recent adventures.  After our trip to Houma and points south, Linda and I headed to New Orleans.  Again we decided to use the less traveled roads and followed the old highway (Highway 61) into New Orleans; stopping along the way to see the sights.  The highway passes through the Western Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area.  The water gave us a serene and peaceful driving atmosphere.

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Water, Art and Spirit

Water, art, and spirit…

Often the adventure is just as exciting as the destination and so it was with my trip to Houma, LA for a retreat at the Lumen Christi Retreat Center. My sister, Linda, flew in from Colorado and we headed out to Houma, LA with the intention to sightsee along the way.  In South LA water is everywhere – rivers, bayous, lakes, swamps, estuaries and finally the gulf itself.  So water became the theme of our adventure.  This was not intentional, it just happened.

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