pirates

Louisiana is a unique place. So, it's only fitting that there's tons of surprising and interesting facts about the state.

The annual Louisiana Pirate Festival means different things to different people, and it's a problem. But that might be changing.

Jean Lafitte and his Buccaneers will find some resistance as they prepare to take over Lake Charles for the Contraband Days Festival. They will eventually over power the militia as they always do and it's time for Randy Roach to "take a dip in the drink."

On Wednesday, I had some great guest on the morning show from Moody Gardens. This season at Moody Gardens, the theme is Pirates and they are featuring actual treasure recovered from the pirate ship, the Whydah. One thing that the recovery of the Whydah so special is that it was the first authenticated pirate shipwreck ever to be discovered. I had the opportunity to interview and later, just chat,

In 1984 I was working for Bayou 104. One of our Contraband Days events was the Titubic Bathtub Race. It was a race across the lake in floating bathtubs. Most of these racing tubs were designed for speed. That was not the case with the station's tub as I would soon find out.

Jean Lafitte and his buccaneers will be fighting a strong north wind as they sail up the river tomorrow to take over our city. Something tells me they'll make it, take over and two weeks of merriment will begin.