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jacenta
It does.
posted by
avant-garde
on August 10, 2006 at 6:16 AM
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OFFBEATS
I've seen portions of it.
posted by
avant-garde
on August 10, 2006 at 6:15 AM
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avant-garde
Interesting reminiscing, but sounds terribly scary to me.
posted by
jacentaOld
on August 10, 2006 at 5:28 AM
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avant
No I sure did not know that..It's one of my favorite movies, I watch it no less than twice a year!!
posted by
Offy
on August 10, 2006 at 5:11 AM
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OFFBEATS
Did you know that 'Steel Magnolias' was filmed there?
posted by
avant-garde
on August 10, 2006 at 5:08 AM
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avant
The only thing I got in that town was my first and only speeding ticket. You very descriptive of the area and brought back memories of the many times I have traveled through area. Enjoyable!!!
posted by
Offy
on August 10, 2006 at 5:04 AM
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Shamsuddin
Thank you for reading and reminiscing with me.
posted by
avant-garde
on August 10, 2006 at 4:32 AM
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Mason
Isn't that ironic: I'm afraid of motorcycles!
posted by
avant-garde
on August 10, 2006 at 4:32 AM
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Justi
You're right. I do think of the boys now, whenever I do something. Thanks for reading.
posted by
avant-garde
on August 10, 2006 at 4:31 AM
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Tanga
All fun things have an element of danger to them. During the winter, people get on their sleds and are pulled behind ATV's.
posted by
avant-garde
on August 10, 2006 at 4:30 AM
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Bhaskar
Glad you liked it.
posted by
avant-garde
on August 10, 2006 at 4:29 AM
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Whacky
It was a good time, though.
posted by
avant-garde
on August 10, 2006 at 4:29 AM
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Wiley
Thanks. I'm glad to hear of your good fortune.
posted by
avant-garde
on August 10, 2006 at 4:28 AM
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Passionflower
All I ever heard about in Louisiana were dogs and occasionally children.
posted by
avant-garde
on August 10, 2006 at 4:27 AM
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Moon
It is a murky, mysterious place.
posted by
avant-garde
on August 10, 2006 at 4:26 AM
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Blanche
I wouldn't say it was infested, but there were more than one in there. I wasn't thinking. If I thought too much about it, I wouldn't have done it. You just kind of say to yourself, 'I'm okay,' and jump in.
posted by
avant-garde
on August 10, 2006 at 4:25 AM
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bel
Now that I think back on it, it probably was a little risky doing that. But, we did have a lot of fun.
posted by
avant-garde
on August 10, 2006 at 4:24 AM
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Rcky
And, I would not want that kind of fame. You were being protected that night for sure!
posted by
avant-garde
on August 10, 2006 at 4:23 AM
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We have all led such full lives... great memories thanks
posted by
Shams-i-Heartsong
on August 10, 2006 at 4:19 AM
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Rcky
I was horrified that two men could do such things to women. I've said before that the criminals should receive what they dish out as their punishment. Perhaps, then people would think twice.
posted by
avant-garde
on August 10, 2006 at 4:18 AM
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..great story! ...I'll stick with motorcycles... no gaters...
posted by
MasonGarrett
on August 10, 2006 at 12:49 AM
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Avant Gard
I will read your stories for the thrill. I will not, never, not in my lifetime go where it is known that aligators and snakes just frolic in the same pool as I. No, no and no. You are to brave. Remember you have three little boys now don't take such risks. LOL
posted by
Justi
on August 10, 2006 at 12:30 AM
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I love water skiing
but am still on an amature level. When I was younger, living at the coast, we used to tie a ski rope behind a vehicle and drive along the road alongside an estuary with a surfboard attached to the ski rope. It was very daring but great fun. I am off for a short holiday tomorrow to a great lake. The lake is teaming with nile crocodiles and they are not docile. Will not be skiing! Always enjoy your posts.
posted by
Tanga
on August 9, 2006 at 11:05 PM
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Avant Garde
That was a marvellous, scary, and assuring story all rolled into one,Great post.
posted by
Bhaskar.ing
on August 9, 2006 at 11:03 PM
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Ekkkk! That's scary!!
posted by
Whacky
on August 9, 2006 at 9:06 PM
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avant-garde.
Think I'll just go on sitting here and reading your marvellous stories my friend.
posted by
WileyJohn
on August 9, 2006 at 8:47 PM
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Perhaps the alligators were ONCE docile but not anymore.
They've been attacking people in Florida.
posted by
Passionflower
on August 9, 2006 at 7:51 PM
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I don't think I'll be getting in that river soon. MoonSpirit 
posted by
syzygy
on August 9, 2006 at 7:08 PM
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Avant-Garde, isn't Natchitoches the town where Mark Twain was from?
Or at least where he started out working on a steamboat when he became Mark Twain? I can picture the gothic eeriness of it, Spanish moss dripping off the trees, and what were you thinking water skiing in an alligator-infested river?
posted by
Blanche.
on August 9, 2006 at 7:05 PM
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Scary stuff
posted by
bel_1965
on August 9, 2006 at 5:45 PM
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Uh, that should be "actual"
posted by
RckyMtnActivist
on August 9, 2006 at 3:42 PM
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Hi Avant...I still get the chills when I think about it today!
Yup that's right they did a TV movie on them. In the movie they show when they drop a body off in Glendale and that was my friend's house. Well not her actualy house but you know....
posted by
RckyMtnActivist
on August 9, 2006 at 3:42 PM
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Rcky
Yes, I remember them. I read about them. Kenneth Bianci and Mario Cumo(?). That's too creepy. I bet you guys were terrified to go out of your homes. I'd have gotten a pistol and carried it everywhere. I can only imagine what you thought when you discovered how close you came to seeing them at their ghoulish work.
posted by
avant-garde
on August 9, 2006 at 3:38 PM
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RAME
Thinking back on it, I'm not sure if the lure of skiing on such a great river outweighed everything. I'd had keeled over with a heart attack, were that monstrous thing have gotten near me.
posted by
avant-garde
on August 9, 2006 at 3:36 PM
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OMG! That would have freaked me out...what a great story. I have had a
similar but different close encounter. I was going to school in California during the time of the Hillside Stranglers. I don't know if you are familiar with them but they were serial killers that were killing women only in the Los Angeles area in the late 70's. They thought they might be impersonating cops so all women were told not to stop if any officer pulled them over and the police were told not to stop any women unless it was absolutely necessary. The entire city and suburbs were living in fear. I lived in the foothills of the Angeles National Forest but went to school and worked in the LA area.
One Friday evening a group of us girls went to one of our friend's house that lived in Glendale. The houses in Glendale where she lived were on a hillside and set way back from the street. I was the last one to leave that night and I left at 1 am. The drive from her house to mine was about 30 minutes. I walked into my house finding the phone ringing. It was my girlfriend. Within fifteen minutes of my leaving the cops knocked on her door to ask her if she heard anything? It seem that within ten minutes after my leaving the Hillside Stranglers dumped their most recent victim on the front lawn of my girlfriend's house. She was calling me to make sure that I made it home alright! If I had left a few minutes later I may have caught them in the act and possibly would have been their next victim. I'll can't forget that feeling til this day!
posted by
RckyMtnActivist
on August 9, 2006 at 2:57 PM
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avant garde,
I don't think I'll have the courage to dip one little toe in that river. Color me chicken but I'm too scared.
posted by
RAME
on August 9, 2006 at 2:48 PM
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