Abbeville LA: Days 6-9 and Travel Day to Ocean Springs MS

What an incredible area of the country!  The people, the history, the scenery, and the food.  We actually extended our stay at Betty’s for 2 more days to be able to attend another Abbeville park concert and to hang out with our new friends a little while longer.  I’ve heard extending the stay is a common occurrence at Betty’s RV Park.  And we did not have to move spaces either.  Sweet!  I would highly recommend this RV park to others passing through the area.

New Friends

The nightly happy hour and pitch in dinner became a must do ritual for us every afternoon.  Many good stories from a very cool group of people.  There were some local Cajun folks, two couples from California, Illinois, Key West, New york, and other locations.

They were all retired or semi-retired with occupations as varied as commercial boat captains, sheriff deputy, librarian, farmer, rancher, etc.  People from all walks of life.  That is what is great about this RV life style.  Meeting people from varied backgrounds and from all over the country.  We hope to meet up with them again at some future point in time.

Thanks to Jim & Betty, Mike & BJ, Tony and Dee Dee, Dan & Merlene, Bob & Lois, David & Priscilla, Monica & Cordell, Jeff & Jan, and the group from Bradenton Florida.  Apologies for anyone missed.  The people and of course Betty herself made the time in Abbeville something special.  And thanks to Dan for the guitar lesson.  It helped to move me along!

Swamp Boat Tour

We had been wanting to take one of the local swamp tours and Betty recommended that we use Champagne’s Swamp Tours.  They are located in Breaux Bridge Louisiana, about a 45 minute drive away.  While not a thrill boat ride, the captain took the flat bottom boat back into the bayous and cedar swamps to see many forms of wildlife.  The long boats held about 25 people and had to be navigated around, over and through the cypress trees and stumps.  We saw 6-7 alligators and several types of birds: blue heron, egrets, ibis, and others.

Travel Day to Ocean Springs MS

It was time to get back on the road again after our 9 days in Abbeville.  Since we have booked all campsites out a few months in advance, it does decrease our flexibility a bit, but ensures that we have a spot once we get there.  The drive was about 240 miles and took us 6.5 hours after the normal rest stops.  The roads were better this time as the I-10 east of Baton Rouge and I-12 were in decent shape.

The only real challenges were the stops that we made at truck stops.  This one truck stops was so large that the truck parking was all over the place and in the middle in a fish bone pattern.  It was difficult to navigate the place and find a parking spot to eat lunch.

We safely arrived at 3:30 pm after leaving Abbeville at 9 am.  It looked like a storm was approaching as we tried to fit the rig into a campsite.  The site that we had selected online was plenty long enough, but was situated so that backing in was not easily done.  So, a quick chat with the camp host and she set us up in a nice spot right up front.

We are here at Davis Bayou for 5 days and then eastbound again to Destin Florida for November.  This park has some great bayou views and the campground is heavily wooded with live oak trees.  Good shade but requires some dodging around the limbs while driving the big rig.

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