The ride begins amid glimmering fireflies during an evening in a Louisiana bayou. Anna Marie was raised speaking colloquial English and French, common to the Mississippi bayou area. It sat high on the bluff overlooking Sutherland Bayou and the Gulf of Mexico. Papa John Bayou taught him the ways of Haitian Voodoo. The channel has numerous terminals and berthing locations along Buffalo Bayou and Galveston Bay. Hamer died on March 14, 1977, aged 59, in Mound Bayou, Mississippi. The novels, set in the Louisiana bayou, were published between 1994 and 1996. The lake is a reservoir created by damming the Pecan Bayou. Brownwood is located south of the center of Brown County, west of the Pecan Bayou. Houston has the nickname "Bayou City". This property was along the Buffalo Bayou. The campground is located at the end of roadway leading through the Davis Bayou Area. It is adjacent to the county facilities on the north side of the Buffalo Bayou. Portions of the city to the east of Cedar Bayou lie in Chambers County. Race Course/Fairgrounds in the center of the city near Carondolet Canal and Bayou John.