6 DVD Collection of "Discoveries…America" Gulf Coast States: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia & Florida.
Alabama: Dauphin Island, Fort Gaines, sandy beaches, estuaries, and the heronry, home of many nesting Great Blue Herons, oystermen, Sea Lab, the marine science and education center, the Estuarium, Mobile, ante bellum mansions, the original Mardi Gras city, Carnival Museum, Selma, The Museum of Voting Rights, the sport of raccoon hunting. Coon dog training, coon dog cemetery, the Mt. Top Flea Market outside of Atalla, and Ave Maria Grotto with scale models of architectural buildings from around the world.
Florida: Meet with a real astronaut at Kennedy Space Center, Historic St. Augustine, Cattle Ranching near Lake Kissimmee, air boating swamp tour, Manatee at Homosassa Springs, performance water skiing at Cypress Gardens, Miami and the Florida Keys, Tarpon at Robbies, World Record Angler Billy Pate, and Everglades National Park.
Georgia: Everyone has a story to tell with Swamp Gravy in Colquitt, Gopher Tortoise at Reed Bingham SP, Harness Horse Training in Hawkinsville, wild chickens in Fitzgerald, Jimmy Carter NHP in Plains, Cyclorama and Center for Pupperty Arts in Atlanta, and tug boats in Savannah.
Louisiana: New Orleans by horse drawn carriage, Café Dumond, the French Quarter & Jackson Square, the School of Cooking, Bourbon Street, mansions of the Garden District. Creole Nature Trail, Honey Island Swamp, Natchitoches, Kaffie Frederick general mercantile, Tabasco production and bird sanctuary on Avery Island, local farming and harvest of rice, soybeans and crawfish. Acadiana, Liberty Theater in Eunice, performances by Cajun bands, history and culture of Mari Gras...
Mississippi: "Natchez - oldest permanent community on Mississippi river - well-preserved mansions & antebellum homes - town cemetery has equal history, Vicksburg known for role in the Civil War, waterfront-only casinos - important to local economy, Dinner Bell Family Restaurant - authentic southern cooking, Bluegrass & Gospel music in Sandy Ridge, Delta Pride Catfish co-op, Humphries County World Catfish Festival - live music, catfish eating contest and Catfish Queen. William Faulkner, Nobel Prize for Literature lived in Oxford, now a museum. Thacker Mountain Radio weekly program for Mississippi Public Broadcasting - musicians, writers, poets & performers gather. Grower, bonsai artist & teacher, Brussel Martin, helps bonsai enthusiasts."
Texas: Fort Worth, stockyards, the “Cow Whisperer”, old time cattle drive, “Billy Bob’s” - world’s largest “honky-tonk”, rodeo clowns, Longhorn cattle and life on a ranch in Weatherford. Slate River Ranch - breeding and training world champion ‘cutting horses’, Tex-Mex cuisine at L & J Café since 1930’s. Goliad, where the Texas revolution started, coastal areas in Rockport-Fulton - spectacular bird watching, San Antonio and rodeo competitions...
Please see Discoveries... America individual states for complete descriptions.
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