Shreveport is actually two cities, Shreveport on the west
side of the Red River and Bossier City on the east. The paddle steamer in the photo is just one of the five casinos. Riverboat gambling started here in the mid 1990's. The famous Louisiana Boardwalk opened in 2005 on the Bossier City side and features outlet shopping, several restaurants, a 14 screen movie theatre, a bowling complex and a Bass Pro Shop, we are going there on Monday. Yay, my turn for shopping : )
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| Red River between Shreveport and Bossier City LA |
This morning the six of us are all going to catch a shuttle over to the
Mudbug Madness Festival in Shreveport, across the river. This is the most renowned Crawfish Festival in
the south and features live Cajun and Zydeco music and Cajun and Creole
food. I think most of the residents of the Casino RV Park were here for this. There was lots of food choice, Cajun
Turkey Legs, Fried Shrimp Poboys, Bacon Wrapped Corn Dogs, and of course I had
to try the boiled Crawfish, after all the festival is named in their
honour! They were served with sweet corn and two baked potatoes. The bugs were spicy hot, glad I didn't add any extra seasoning, and a bit
fiddly but I’ve had my fix. Couldn't feel my lips for an hour afterwards! Kim opted
for a spicy mince pie/pasty arrangement.
Mark brought a plate of red velvet funnel cake for us to share – delish but everyone decided they could still fit in ice cream before we headed back. Check out the Ice cream Wonderstick – yep,
that’s all icecream in there and that's what I had. The live music was
toe tapping good and there were people up dancing too. But my it was hot and muggy – 33C!
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| Crawfish |
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| Tiny taste for Kim, it was dirty work getting the meat out! |
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| Icecream Wonderstick in cinnamon flavoured stick! |
Got back to the RV in time to have a rest and maybe a swim to cool off before HH and then the
Temptations Concert tonight over in the Casino’s Legends Theatre. We wondered if would cancel this show as the bass player died last month, but his place is being taken over by the son of one of
the original members.
It was a good night, they did some of the old faves, Papa is a Rolling Stone, Treat her like a Lady and finished up with My Girl, one my personal faves!
Sounds as if there is plenty to do!
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