Louisiana Kindness

When it comes to kindness there is a special kind of breed down in Louisiana it’s just time seems to exceed anything that’s up north including Minnesota nice or at least if we’re going to start a north-south war that’s what I’m going to say.

But seriously this gentleman came riding up after riding around in the mud noticing my 10 and introduced himself just simply coming up to see what I was doing and we got to talking and he visited for a few minutes then went back to his right he said he was going home to get cleaned up.

After a little bit I went back inside attention I was getting cold and depressed because the cold wind come up and this was supposed to be sunny and warm weather so I decided after putting on my layers that I would take a walk to try to generate some heat in my legs in my chest while walking along the shoreline beach combing.

As it turned out I was noticing that the river, maybe two or three more inches than yesterday and that means that it already been about 2 1/2 feet higher than what it supposed to be maybe three.

So walking along the shoreline trying to get warm and using my Walkingstick I noticed he rewrote spike that I tossed out to maybe pick up later and I also found a tough box that was full of water in kind of a green slimy mess but I decide to toss it aside and come back for it soon as I finish my walk so heading southward I noticed where the bend in the river was in so I was kind of pleased with myself as I turned around and headed back to camp.

Yes I did I noticed there was the gentleman I had seen earlier standing on his four wheeler riding along coming down the road from the levee and coming my way as he was approaching me I was thinking to myself that I kind of wanted to ask him if he could haul some water for me but it seem kind a rude and so I just waited till he pulled up and before had a chance to say anything he offered me a hot shower.

Of course I hesitated, not but I took him up on his offer and ask him if I could charge my phone as well as fill my 23 gallon water jug’s which I normally would’ve had to use a dolly I have for it in order to get it back to the kayak and I had no place to fill it up yet. This was going to save me a lot of time and effort and so I was thrilled to get a hot shower on a day that had turned cold and windy and while there is no rain now it definitely was Temperature dropping.