Mardi Gras Texas Style

After living outside New Orleans for three years it is hard to let a Mardi Gras go by without celebrating it properly. Thank goodness we got a couple of days off because we were able to go down to Port Arthur, Texas and take part in their celebration. Although the celebration in Texas wasn’t as big as it is in New Orleans, we still had fun. Robert Earl Keen headlined the festival. This was my first time seeing him live and I was not disappointed. (Although I was disappointed at my camera for not taking any good night time photos of him.) I bought a CD after the show and got him to sign it.

Kari, Ryan, dave and I Still Early in Our Drinking (We stayed the night down there in the City Hall parking lot so we wouldn't have to worry about driving home.)

Bands in Mardi Gras Parade

All the beads the floats were passing out were made in China. We couldn’t resist this shot. Pay close attention to the panties Kari got from a passing float. They stayed on dave’s head for the duration of the parade.

Kari, Ryan and dave Celebrating Properly

Even Otis got in on the fun!!!