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Dining on the Cajun Coast

Dining on the Cajun Coast

Laid back foodies, you have found your vacation paradise on the Cajun Coast!

Louisiana is known far and wide for its cuisine, and for those who have a food obsession, or at least let their tastebuds choose the next travel destination, the Cajun Coast should be on your list.

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Mama Cayenne Gator on the Cajun Coast

Great Outdoors & Mama (Gator)

Bayou Swamp Tours on the Cajun CoastSome mamas love the outdoors – especially Mama Cayenne. With approximately as much waterways as land, the Cajun Coast is home to remarkable eco-systems not found in any other state. With 14

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Unusual Spring Festivals

Unusual Spring Festivals – You’ve got to admit, an area that celebrates shrimp & petroleum in the same festival, has some work to do to top the distinctive festival list, but we have some interesting festivals in the spring that you’ll want celebrate a little differently. See

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Fishing on the Cajun Coast

Making the Most of the Coast

Ah, Summer, and the Livin’ Is Easy.
Being on the water, whether on a peaceful inlet bayou or the deep blue seas of the Gulf, is a perennial summer pastime. With the sunlight reflecting off the water, the cares of normal 9-to-5 living slip into the rhythm of the

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Getaway with your sweetie on the Cajun Coast

Getaway with your Sweetie

Ahh – romance! Your eyes adjust to the soft, morning light filtering in through billowing curtains, as you pick up the faint aroma of bacon and coffee wafting in from beyond your suite door. You turn on your side in the sumptuous covers and just take in your beautiful spouse,

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Oaklawn on the Cajun Coast

Flying South for the winter?

Snow birds eager to escape clouds, miserable weather and frigid temperatures often think of Florida for the winter months unless they have family and friends to visit in Louisiana.

But, Louisiana is a great option for all snow birds, and the Cajun Coast is a perfect sampler of the state.

Read More »
Fishing on the Cajun Coast

A Year-Round Angler’s Paradise

Doug Larson said “If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.”

On the Cajun Coast, we agree. Everyone can have a fishing pole in their hands year ‘round here. It’s just a matter of choosing where you want to cast your

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Beauty on the Cajun Coast

AMA’TPAN NA’MU

By Roger Emile Stouff

Awakening to thunder from a late afternoon nap, flashes of brilliant lightning lanced through the windows, burning my eyes with white magic.

There were massive black storm clouds outside the window when I peeked through the curtains. Though there was no place I needed to go,

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Lighthouse Cajun Coast

10 Things to Know About the Southwest Reef Lighthouse

Located on the western bank of the Atchafalaya River in Berwick, Louisiana, the Southwest Reef Lighthouse is the centerpiece of the Everett S. Berry Memorial Lighthouse Park. In 1987, the lighthouse was lifted from the screw piling – where it sat since before the Civil War – in an attempt

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Dining on the Cajun Coast

Dining on the Cajun Coast

Laid back foodies, you have found your vacation paradise on the Cajun Coast!

Louisiana is known far and wide for its cuisine, and for those who have a food obsession, or at least let their tastebuds choose the next travel destination, the Cajun Coast should be on your list.

Read More »
Mama Cayenne Gator on the Cajun Coast

Great Outdoors & Mama (Gator)

Bayou Swamp Tours on the Cajun CoastSome mamas love the outdoors – especially Mama Cayenne. With approximately as much waterways as land, the Cajun Coast is home to remarkable eco-systems not found in any other state. With 14

Read More »

Unusual Spring Festivals

Unusual Spring Festivals – You’ve got to admit, an area that celebrates shrimp & petroleum in the same festival, has some work to do to top the distinctive festival list, but we have some interesting festivals in the spring that you’ll want celebrate a little differently. See

Read More »
Fishing on the Cajun Coast

Making the Most of the Coast

Ah, Summer, and the Livin’ Is Easy.
Being on the water, whether on a peaceful inlet bayou or the deep blue seas of the Gulf, is a perennial summer pastime. With the sunlight reflecting off the water, the cares of normal 9-to-5 living slip into the rhythm of the

Read More »
Getaway with your sweetie on the Cajun Coast

Getaway with your Sweetie

Ahh – romance! Your eyes adjust to the soft, morning light filtering in through billowing curtains, as you pick up the faint aroma of bacon and coffee wafting in from beyond your suite door. You turn on your side in the sumptuous covers and just take in your beautiful spouse,

Read More »
Oaklawn on the Cajun Coast

Flying South for the winter?

Snow birds eager to escape clouds, miserable weather and frigid temperatures often think of Florida for the winter months unless they have family and friends to visit in Louisiana.

But, Louisiana is a great option for all snow birds, and the Cajun Coast is a perfect sampler of the state.

Read More »
Fishing on the Cajun Coast

A Year-Round Angler’s Paradise

Doug Larson said “If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.”

On the Cajun Coast, we agree. Everyone can have a fishing pole in their hands year ‘round here. It’s just a matter of choosing where you want to cast your

Read More »
Beauty on the Cajun Coast

AMA’TPAN NA’MU

By Roger Emile Stouff

Awakening to thunder from a late afternoon nap, flashes of brilliant lightning lanced through the windows, burning my eyes with white magic.

There were massive black storm clouds outside the window when I peeked through the curtains. Though there was no place I needed to go,

Read More »
Lighthouse Cajun Coast

10 Things to Know About the Southwest Reef Lighthouse

Located on the western bank of the Atchafalaya River in Berwick, Louisiana, the Southwest Reef Lighthouse is the centerpiece of the Everett S. Berry Memorial Lighthouse Park. In 1987, the lighthouse was lifted from the screw piling – where it sat since before the Civil War – in an attempt

Read More »

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