Barnacles and bayous
The water temperature during the summer promotes barnacles and since I had taken the canoe out mid summer and hadn’t checked, when we went to put it in the bayou I noticed the entire bottom was thick and encrusted with barnacles. My neighbor says when the water temp cools the barnacles can’t live – thank god – because scraping them is like trying to remove concrete.
We rowed down the bayou with Loca today and had us a good old time watching the crowds head inside City Park in early costumes. Four ghosts looked down on us from the Esplanade bridge.
It’s late now, Voodoo Experience is closing down, and I believe Irma Thomas is the last one singing. For those of you who don’t know the Queen of New Orleans soul – check this out: