Short weekend away

As of June 11th of this year, Page and I have been married for 5 years. It has been a wonderful journey of ups and downs, but we would have it no other way. :) To celebrate, we originally wanted to take a fun trip & let my parents take care of Evan... we did get to it- on Labor day weekend. So, a little late- but better late than never, right. We did not do anything glamorous- we dropped Evan off at my parent's house & drove into Louisiana to a town called Nachtitoches. I went to college in Nacogdoches, TX, and they are a rival of sorts, so it made for an interesting trip... among many other things.

On Saturday, we got to town, checked into our hotel & headed to the historic downtown area. There is some great shopping there & there are a few historical things to see as well. We were there on a day when there were 2 events that seemed to completely clashed in my mind... a motorcycle rally & a Zydeco music festival. Let's suffice it to say that the combo made for interesting people watching... which is what we did the most of. :)
On Sunday, we did not really want to do a plantation tour (even though that is most of what tourists do there in the summer), so we decided to be adventurous and head out of town to take in the sights of the Alligator Ranch!! It was interesting, for sure!

We stayed around after touring the whole place for the alligator feeding 'show' that was supposed to be the best part of the park. Well, just what you see in this picture is what happened. There was a scripted story being played over the loud speaker & pretty much the 'show' was that this boat came out into the middle of the little pond, the guys did the feeding, and the boat went back to shore. So, not really a show. It made for lots of laughs though for Page and I. :)

Here is the best shot we could get of ourselves with gators in the background.

We love wooden cutouts that make great photo-ops!! There were about 15 of these around the park- we each picked our favorite. :) I think Page chose most wisely.

All gators dress like farmers, right!?

After the ranch experience, we headed back to Grapeland and got to hang out with my family for the evening. It was a great weekend & much needed time away. :)