AROUND TOWN
Explore Moustique
Start with the places people actually use.
EXPLORE MOUSTIQUE
A store. A bait shop. A fuel pump. A landing. A few names you will hear more than once.
That is most of what you need to know at first.
Places Worth Knowing
Moustique is small enough that most directions are given by landmark instead of street name. Learn these and the rest gets easier.
The General Store
Coffee, bait, batteries, ice, local news, and directions that sound wrong until Celeste repeats them.
If you forgot something, start here.
Marcel’s Bait Shop
Live bait, fishing reports, one good chair, and advice that occasionally has nothing to do with fishing.
Marcel usually knows what the water is doing before the weather report does.
Bessette’s Station
Fuel, cold drinks, and a pump that has been working on its own schedule for years.
Fill up before you need to.
Boudreaux’s
The kind of landmark nobody realizes is a landmark until someone tells them to turn there.
You will probably get directions involving it.
The Landing
Boats out before daylight. Trucks back by supper.
If you want to know what the town is doing, watch the Landing.
LOCALS
People You May Run Into
You do not need introductions in Moustique for people to know who you are. It does help to know who they are.
Celeste
Runs the General Store. Knows what you need before you ask and occasionally knows what you should not be asking.
Marcel
Bait, boats, weather, and opinions. Never sits with his back to the water.
Mr. Paul
Has lived here long enough to remember several versions of every story. He rarely tells the shortest one.
Baptiste
Keeps mostly to himself. Knows the roads and wetlands better than most.
BEFORE YOU WANDER
A Few Things Locals Assume You Know
Don’t whistle after dark.
Don’t follow lights over the water.
Don’t answer what you can’t see.
If the frogs go quiet, so should you.
Superstition? Practical swamp wisdom?
Around here, people stopped worrying about the difference a long time ago.
LOOKING FOR MORE?
Want the story behind the town?
Old family names, the 1932 quarantine, missing records, and the rules people still repeat.
Looking for something to do?
Fishing, swamp walks, airboats, boardwalks, and the places locals actually spend time.
Trying to get here?
Directions, weather, seasonal notes, what to bring, and what not to overthink.
Know the town before you wander it.
Start with the people. Remember the places. Listen when somebody tells you something twice.