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LOUISIANA’S CAJUN BAYOU VISITORS CENTER Your family vacation begins in Raceland at the Louisiana’s Cajun Bayou Tourism Visitors Center. DAY 1 Our travel counselors will brief everyone about places to visit Up and Down the Bayou, and everyone is welcomed to explore the exhibits on display in the Center. LOUISIANA’S CAJUN BAYOU 2 DA SWAMP BAYOU TOURS AND CAJUN MUSEUM 4484 Highway 1 In Des Allemands, 2 Da Swamp Bayou Tours and Cajun Museum offers a leisurely cruise on Bayou Raceland, LA 70394 Des Allemands. While cruising, Captain Clyde McCully will give the history of the first Germans who set- (985) 537-5800 tled along the bayou and point out unique scenic features of the swampland. After the cruise, everyone will enjoy a tour of the museum. 2 DA SWAMP BAYOU TOURS 4298 US 90 Des Allemands, LA 70030 SPAHR’S SEAFOOD RESTAURANT (985) 306-0390 For lunch, your family will enjoy dining at Spahr’s Seafood Restaurant. One serving of the Catfish Chips may be enough for everyone, because the food is served on a gigantic platter, piled high with SPAHR’S SEAFOOD RESTAURANT crispy fried pieces of catfish. The hush puppies are very tasty, and a bowl of gumbo is a must! 3682 US 90 Des Allemands, LA 70030 CENTER FOR TRADITIONAL LOUISIANA BOAT BUILDING (985) 758-1602 After lunch, everyone can sharpen their creative skills at the Center For Traditional Louisiana Boat CENTER FOR TRADITIONAL Building in Lockport. Ernie Savoie, the boat building instructor, will teach your family how to make LOUISIANA BOAT BUILDING wooden cypress cooking paddles and small miniature boats. When everyone is finished, the family can 202 Main St. tour the Center and enjoy the displays of the bateaus, pirogues, and skiffs. Lockport, LA 70374 (985) 532-5106 BAYOU LAFOURCHE FOLKLIFE & HERITAGE MUSEUM Your family can walk next door to the Bayou Lafourche Folklife & Heritage Museum to take the BAYOU LAFOURCHE FOLKLIFE MUSEUM “Bayou Excursion: 1910” tour. This make-believe guided journey illustrates specific routes that boats 110 Main St. took when traveling Up and Down Bayou Lafourche and portrays the ancient customs of the people. Lockport, LA 70374 (985) 532-5909 Everyone will also enjoy the collection of artifacts and the Mardi Gras exhibit. LOCKPORT ELEVATED WETLANDS LOCKPORT ELEVATED WETLANDS BOARDWALK BOARDWALK Your family can get up close and personal with nature on the Lockport Elevated Wetlands Boardwalk. 6419 LA 308 This 440 feet elevated deck offers everyone a fantastic view of an abundance of beautiful scenic set- Lockport, LA 70374 tings, which includes wildlife, vegetation, and many other wonders of nature. THE CAKE SHOP THE CAKE SHOP 305 Crescent Ave. Lockport, LA 70374 Before dinner, treat your family to a snack at the Cake Shop. There are various sugar cookies, rice (985) 532-6339 krispy pumpkins, slices of homemade cakes, and a variety of delicious cupcakes. - BLACKIES PO-BOY SHOP BLACKIES PO BOY SHOP 5686 Crescent Ave. For dinner, your family will enjoy dining at Blackies Po-Boy Shop. Everyone should try a different Po- Lockport, LA 70374 Boy – shrimp, oyster, catfish, or soft sell crab – and a few of the delicious crawfish pies. The Po-Boy (985) 532-5117 portions are generous, so everyone should be prepared to swap and share.

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ZAM’S BAYOU SWAMP TOURS Today, your family vacation begins with a beautiful, mystifying drive on the old Kraemer Bayou Boeuf DAY 2 Road (Highway 307) to the backyard of Zam’s Bayou Swamp Tours. Captain Zamariah Loupe offers a guided walking tour of his backyard, where everyone can visit with his pet alligators, turtles, and snakes as he points outs interesting facts about each of the reptiles. ZAM’S SWAMP TOURS 136 Kraemer Bayou Rd. BAYOU COUNTRY CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Thibodaux, LA 70301 In Thibodaux, our Cajun culture comes alive at the Bayou Country Children’s Museum. While learning (985) 633-7881 as they play, your boys and girls will see how sugar is processed on a full-sized sugarcane harvester, how oil is drilled on a 2-story oil platform, and how our Cajun culture is revealed through our food, BAYOU COUNTRY CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Folklife, and festivities. 211 Rue Bethancourt Thibodaux, LA 70301 FLANAGAN’S CREATIVE FOOD AND DRINK (985) 446-2200 For lunch, enjoy dining with your family at Flanagan’s Creative Food and Drink. Some delicious entrees include the club sandwich, crawfish stew, stuffed seafood mushrooms, and grilled shrimp and FLANAGAN’S 1111 Audubon Ave. steak. Thibodaux, LA 70301 THE PURPLE PENGUIN ART COMPANY (985) 447-7771 Everyone can get their artistic creativity flowing at The Purple Penguin Art Company. One family THE PURPLE PENGUIN ART COMPANY member may want to paint his or her own pottery and another may want to paint on a blank canvas. 702 W. 3rd Street Someone may want to create a mosaic stained glass piece of art, or the entire family may choose one Thibodaux, LA 70301 activity to work on together. (985) 446-0700 WETLANDS ACADIAN CULTURAL CENTER WETLANDS ACADIAN CULTURAL CENTER Your family will learn the history of the French Diaspora and Canadian Exile at the Jean Lafitte Wetlands 314 St. Mary Street Acadian Cultural Center. The documentary, Echoes of , illustrates the journey from to Thibodaux, LA 70301 , the journey from Canada to Lafourche Parish, and how the () settled along (985) 448-1375 the banks of Bayou Lafourche. E.D. WHITE HISTORIC SITE E. D. WHITE HISTORIC SITE 2295 Hwy 1 Thibodaux, LA 70301 The E. D. White Historic Site is where your family will explore the early days of sugarcane and (985) 447-0915 plantations. Set among ancient live oaks and sugar cane fields, the historic site features the Creole Cottage Plantation home, a replica of a 1840s-style plantation kitchen, and the history of two of WEEPING WILLOW CAFE & BAKERY Louisiana’s foremost political figures, Edward Douglas White, Sr. and Edward Douglas White, Jr. 713 W. 3rd Street Thibodaux, LA 70301 WEEPING WILLOW CAFE AND BAKERY (985) 448-0444 Before dinner, treat your family to a snack at the Weeping Willow Café and Bakery. There’s red velvet, chocolate covered strawberry, and Italian cream cupcakes and homemade coffee and tea. DINNER, DOWNTOWN THIBODAUX The tone is always set for dinner in Thibodaux! So whatever your family has a taste for, they will find it at the Venetian Food & Spirits, The Foundry on the Bayou, Fremins, and several other restaurants downtown.

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