The day went downhill when I picked up Miss Kay’s book, “The
Robertson Family Christmas” with Miss Kay’s buxom picture surrounded by her
loving family. Earlier today we had made plans for where we will land on
Thanksgiving with hopes that we won’t be the only people at the RV park in
Livingston, Texas. After we leave there we will be heading for our winter
landing near Brownsville on December 1. That’s a 6 ½ hour drive from
Livingston. There we will spend
Christmas. Miss Kay’s book reminded me that my family will be spread all over
the continent this Christmas. In case you don’t know who Miss Kay is, she is
the matriarch of the Robertson family in Monroe, Louisiana. I was at the Duck
Commander store in front of the warehouse which is pictured in every episode of
Duck Dynasty. On the advice of a friend, we stopped in Monroe for a couple of
days. It made sense being half way between Little Rock and Baton Rouge where we
will go next. So that’s how we found ourselves at the Duck Commander
headquarters and I was looking at Miss Kay’s book while Don perused the store.
It is a remarkable family and they have helped make this town a tourist
attraction. Almost every member of the family has written a book and they are
all on sale at the store. But that wasn’t the only thing of interest in this
town. We also went to the military museum which has the Viet Nam Veteran’s
Memorial wall here this week. We went through the museum in which several area
soldiers from all the wars of the last 100 years artifacts and uniforms on display.
Most notable was the display of Uncle Cy’s Viet Nam uniform and a note of his
time in the service. In case you don’t know, Uncle Cy is Miss Kay’s
brother-in-law and probably the most entertaining of all of the Robertson clan.
We ended the day with a walk through Black Bayou Lake Wildlife Refuge. A
beautiful place with a cypress swamp and a flock of snowy egrets, probably the
best thing in Monroe. We are only here for today and will be moving down the
road tomorrow.
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