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| Butte LaRose Side Trip |
| Retrace Back to the Levee |
| Catahoula Cut Off |
| Catahoula's Park |
| Next turn off the Levee is the settlement of Bayou Benoit and Coteau Holmes |
| Red's Levee Bar, Established in 1952 |
| Moving south from Henderson, the over the levee road to Butte LaRose is clearly marked. |
| If you are taller than 9.5 feet, you'll have to duck or bring a torch. I've been living here too long. |
| The main attraction in Butte LaRose is the old Atchafalaya River. The Whskey Bay Cut stole most of her flow which has made her an excellent skiing and fishing river. It is a mirror, protected from the winds by the high treed banks. The place is being overtaken by camps. What was once a single stretch of camps from the bridge into town has now expanded from the town to I-10. There are huge homes on the river side of the levee, on stilts, mostly. There are also non-mansions that co-exist here further showing La. as a true melting pot Or crawfish pot, common ground to all strata. |
| Below: A look down the big landing there. The white is not cotton floating snagged on the cement, but reflections of the clouds. I've been asked. |
| Butte LaRose is a working town also. Fishermen (crawfish) and crew boats (oil) take off from here. |
| Below is a winter time view of the above cross river scene. |
| You have to ride up the 7 miles to the interstate. There the AWC is waiting for you. It has complete facilities. Even an RV dumpsite. There is a must see free movie. The people know their stuff. I tried to trick them up and couldn't.. This is the location of the old town of Atchafalaya mentioned in the last segment. It is where the train bridge was. There are rocking chairs on the front porch. Sit, rock and imagine. You can ride back to Henderson on I-10 for a great view of Lake Henderson or backtrack to the pontoon bridge. What you wanna do? It's La. |
| Right after the Mercier Bridge you get here. Go into Catahoula. |
| But, first you have to go into Red's.It is a museum from looking at it. I've yet to go, You first. |
| The bayou scenery at Catahoula is spectacular. (Catahoula Lake, Berard Canal runs into it) |
| Below the Catahoula Rd, La.96, the levee road is called Bayou Benoit Rd. |
| Bayou Benoit settlement. |
| Bayou Alexander Rd. going into Coteau Holmes and by Bayou Portage Road, another enclave. |
| This is a Louisiana cockpit. I know that the "landing" thing and this might have my Idaho Boeing Aircraft engineering cousin in law all confused, but Dell, stay with me. Cockpits are where fighing roosters compete, to explain it as gently as I can. The sign is no longer there, having completely deteriorated The building is also on its way down. Louisiana is a major exporter of fighting cocks to the world. Now there's a statistic you won't find in the trade balance figures. We may be doing better than we thought. A good many of those exported go to the Orient. China? *And those goody 2 shoes are trying to stamp it out. *You know, the roosters might like fighting. I've known a few who did. No, hate mail, I'm not serious about that, Fredean. |
| Continue on into Coteau Homes and get some bait, beer and a pole. Heck with riding around, go fish. |
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| There you go. From here, you can go into beautiful St. Martinville or go down, new pavement all the way to the park, a must see, with great nature walks. |
| To Henderson |
| Red's |
| To the park. |
| Levee Rd. |
| I'm going to put a bunch of links in here that you might find interesting. |
| The Next Page is about Lake Dauterive below the Park. The roads are not paved and are some of the worst until after that area. Rain has done its thing. Turn around now or not. Up to You. Go back to Red's and come back? |
| I live over here. |