East of Alexandria, LA heading towards Natchez, MS are several places that would have made good locations for the movie Deliverance
We have some "special" area in LA. If you get too far from the blacktop, be careful. When you run out of gravel and hit dirt, you done gone too far...
Years ago, I went with some other young folks, leaving Lafayette we went to Henderson, then down the Achafalaya River levee around 10 miles. Went to a local bar...
I was glad to get out of there,,, Those "river rats" can be a rough bunch.
Geneticists seek out isolated areas to study recessive genes. We have some pretty tightly bred native groups that are of interest to genetic scientists.
I guess it's OK to pick up a date at a family reunion. They seem to think so.
And that doesn't happen over night, it takes years, generations...
Over the years, I've seen Darwinism in reverse. There'll be a batch of kids, maybe one or two goes to school, leaves the nest. The remaining ones keep the home fires burning. After a few generations of "negative selection", strange things start to happen...
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