Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The levees along parts of the river are just man made hills of dirt and concrete. You can fall down them but not in them. Many kids were using cardboard to slide down them which I admit looked like allot of fun, if I was 10 again. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Taupier" Subject: Re: [Leica] Christmas Levee Bonfires along the Mississippi River > Pretty neat tradition. Nice photos. It really looks like a lot of fun. > How often do people fall in the levees? > > Len > > > On Dec 25, 2007, at 12:51 AM, Christopher Williams wrote: > >> Annual Christmas tradition down here, brought over from Germany and >> France in the 1800's. We build bonfires on the levees along >> HWY 44 and light them on Christmas Eve. It gets really fun when there's >> allot of people standing around with lots of tanks of >> fuel and bottles of Dixie beer. A few brought their FEMA trailers. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/zoeica/Travels/Levee+Bonfires+2007/ >> >> >> Chris >> NOLA