I sometimes check the keywords that people use to find my site and I always giggle when I see people searching for "What does a Cajun family look like?" I can only imagine what they are thinking.. that we wear torn knee-high jeans, carry fishing poles and wear gator-teeth necklaces? I don’t know..but for those interested, here’s what my Cajun family looks like:

Poodoo background courtesy of Woodmen of the World camp on Elezar in Kaplan

That’s me, my brother Colby, my brother Bennett, my nephew Everette and my oldest brother Chad. Cajun families generally come in two shades — French and Spanish. Judging from the blaring whiteness of my arms, I’d imagine that we’re mostly French. Some Cajun families, such as the Landrys in Breaux Bridge (see Ali Landry), are olive toned and most likely have a heavy Spanish background.

And here’s our Cajun mother and father; both are native Cajun French speakers.

As you can see, we look like many other modern American families… though seeing that I’m 28 and look about 12 in that photo, we may age a little better

I was in Holly Beach last weekend (May 7) grabbing footage and pictures for all the Googlers looking for updates on Holly Beach. I have a lot of pictures and video that I can’t wait to share..but I’ll have to because my computer isn’t cool! Soon enough, though, I’ll get a Mac and infrequent blog postings will be history!

Anyway, I prepared myself for Holly Beach to be really bad off but I didn’t prepare myself for what I’d see along the way in Pecan Island, Grand Chenier, Creole and a few others places. Coffins were out of the ground, several cars were abandoned, no house was left untouched — even the ones on 14 foot stilts.

But! People are already rebuilding! There was quite a bit of activity down in Cameron Parish and surprisingly enough, HOLLY BEACH! Gotta love Meaux’s Seafood — they are already back in business!

Your trusty tour guide at Meaux’s Seafood in Holly Beach

There were about 50 people down in Holly Beach.. some were actively rebuilding.. some were kids just playing in the sand and others were partying and riding 4-wheelers.
 
People are buying up property in Holly Beach but I hear that you have to buy a minimum of 4 lots at a time. Can anyone explain how that makes any sense? We checked the prices of one lot (where we stayed in May of 2005) and they were asking $10,000 a lot. Multiply that times a minimum of four and it’s just not worth it for us. That’s not even including a camp! If anyone wants to split, let me know
 
I have lots of video that I’ll be encoding and I’ll post it as soon as I deau!