One thing you should know about me is that I like to go "exploring" when we go on family vacations. I like to meet the locals, see where they live, and how they make their living.  To me the beach life is more than just sitting down by the ocean, it's a unique lifestyle.  This week I've met a retired criminal lawyer that now paints driftwood, a man who loves to collect junk and offered me access to his junkyard(think American Pickers), and Billy - the owner of Billy's seafood. 

     Bon Secour (French for Safe Harbour) is a seafood community with an emphasis on shrimping. This leads to yet another thing to know about me - I LOVE shrimp boats. I have no idea why. Maybe it's a combination of the colors, the rust, the working man mentality, and a little Forrest Gump all combined into a strange, borderline obsessive,  fascination with the trade. 

     Regardless of what you call it, this is a sampling of photos is from yesterday morning's exploring expedition.