Renee's Parents' Visit

Renee's parents came for a visit Thursday night through Sunday (3/13-3/16, this is a late post). We had a great time, and it was nice to see some family after being down here for 8 months!

Friday morning we went to the swamp in Lafitte where we went on a tour.

All of us on the boat, ready to go. A gator hanging out on a log.
A gator heading for a marshmallow.

A gator eating a marshmallow. They had a baby gator on the boat with his mouth taped shut that they let people hold.

From Lafitte we headed downtown to the aquarium. (Notice the penguin)

And we finished up the day walking through the French Quarter.

Saturday Scott caught two flounder. Notice the eyes on the same side of the head!
Scott and Renee's dad throwing the cast net. They didn't have much luck, they caught mostly little bait fish but one cast caught 3 good-size mullet.
We were able to set up Saturday and Sunday on the pier right by our apartment to have picnics and fish.
Group picture, Saturday night after a day of fishing and right after Eric and Katie arrived.

All of us heading out to the ramp for the helicopter tour of the gulf coast on Sunday.

Renee and parents in flight.
Group picture from left to right: Jim (chief pilot), Katie, Eric, Renee, Scott, Laura, Rich, and Sophia (Jim's daughter) and Bridget in front.
Sunday afternoon Scott caught a crab on his line.
Sunday night we took all of our extra bread and fed the seagulls.

It was so nice to see Renee's parents, we had a great time. Thanks for making the 17-hour drive down!