Tour of Delcambre, Abbeville and Avery Island.

Our hosts here at North Pier Marina were Katherine and Jim Kenworthy who some of the most friendly people you would like to meet. They are living here on their boat "Dream Away" They cruised in to Delcambre and decided to stay. They both work hard at promoting Delcambre and the North Pier Marina for cruisers to visit. And I must say are doing a very good job.

It also turns out that we had met them before while they were living at Watergate Marina and that we know a lot of the same people. The cruising world is a small place.

Katherine offered to show us around the town and some the local attractions that were available. Not having much time, Elaine, Ann, Greg and I took her up on her offer, piled into her vehicle and off we went to see the town. The town of Delcambre is small but has a lot of beautiful homes and southern architecture and a really neat lifting bridge over the bayou.

Greg & Ann

Since time was short we all decided for a quick tour of the Jefferson Plantation and Mansion. The grounds and long tree lined entry take you back to an earlier time in history. The mansion and out buildings are kept in excellent condition. We only had time for a
short stay here. You could spend a full day here.

We then got back in the vehicle and headed to Avery Island to see the world famous Tobasco Factory. When we got there we took a tour of how they produce the famous sauce from field to bottle. Then we got to tour the factory while they were bottling sauce headed to Germany.

As you entered the doors you could smell the hot Tabasco sauce

 being made. It was a pleasant smell not what I expected. After touring the factory we headed to the Tabasco Country Store. Here we sampled Tabasco Ice Cream, Tabasco Chocolate, and numerous other Tabasco products. We purchased a few things to take back to the boat.

After the tours we went back to the marina to walk the dogs and put up the things we bought. After this was taken care of Jim & Katherine took Elaine & I and Greg & Ann to Abbeville for dinner. We went to the almost world famous "Shucks" in Abbeville. The food was very good and we got to meet the owner who sent out some of his special recipe oyster / andouille  sausage chowder.  I had shrimp and oysters with grilled potatoes. Elaine had crawfish etouffee  and fried crawfish tails. We then finished the meal off with some excellent bread pudding with real rum sauce.

For more pictures and information on this location click the links below.

http://www.northpiermarina.com/

http://www.portofdelcambre.com/