After arriving at the hotel we had about an hour and a half to settle in before we met up to drive to the house where Casey (who plays Purple Honker) grew up. His family lives near Lafayette (about an hour away from Baton Rouge).
When we got to Casey's house his family and friends were there waiting. Although it was raining on and off we had a great time...his family made both a Seafood gumbo and a Chicken and Sausage gumbo, which were 100% authentic Creole...and were excellent! I also had for the first time a potato salad where the potatoes were mashed before everything was added and mixed up...it was especially yummy. The reason why it's made that way is to eat with and temper the gumbo...you take a little spoonful of the potato salad and then dip the spoon into the gumbo....HOOBOY! Them's is good eatin'!
It was great talking with Casey's parents and family who were wonderful and talked in that Creole way...they done did. Their dog and two horses were pretty neat...but kind of messy from being out in the rain.
Around 6:30 or so, Dawn, Joey, Andy, Chris, Casey and myself left to meet up with Mike and Christa to go see Miss Saigon which was playing in Lafayette for 2 nights...one of the guys in the ensemble (Gary) was formerly a muppet. It was my first time seeing Miss Saigon...and I found it to be very enjoyable. After the show the group of us went to Chili's with Gary and had a great time closing the restaurant. Unfortunately, I was drafted into driving one of our cars back to Baton Rouge...so at Midnight, while Mike, Christa and Andy slept...I got to drive back. My eyes were not happy with me.
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