Our Journey continues, this time in a northern direction, as we leave the very friendly Betty’s RV park in the far south of Louisiana. Why go north at this time of year as the temps are plummeting? Well, that’s a good question, but the answer is to have Thanksgiving with family in the Dallas Texas area. Our three day stopover on the way to Dallas was near the very inviting small town of Natchitoches Louisiana. What a gem! Continue reading “Natchitoches – Louisiana’s Oldest Town”
This is our second time down to the southern Cajun country in Louisiana. The small town of Abbeville has some of the friendliest people and the best food. And they like to have a good time! They have festivals going on every few days. We went to two festivals over the first weekend after arriving, including the world famous Omelette Festival. We have been so busy having fun that I may need a few days to just rest up! Continue reading “Abbeville Louisiana; Betty’s RV Park 2018 Year 2”
New Orleans is not your typical tour. The city has so many different facets that it must be experienced, not just visited. Our travel is all about experiencing the journey as we don’t have an end date at this time. It just so happened to be on our route to Texas this year and the city has been on our list of destinations from the beginning. Our first time here! Continue reading “New Orleans; The Big Easy Experience”
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!
We even were treated to a Bloody Mary breakfast at Betty’s by Tony & Dee Dee. All food groups included!
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.
Pat and I were in the front row. Close to the gators!Our first gator sighting. They were sunning and opening their mouths to cool off. Or so the guide told us. Maybe they were hungry for tourists.A massive cypress tree hundreds of years old.
This alligator blended in well to the log.I forget the name of this bird, but it looks like a swamp penguin.
More birds.
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.
The drive to our National Seashore park.
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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We are most of the way through our week long stay in Abbeville, LA at Betty’s RV Park. It has been a delightful stay to learn of the culture, taste the cuisine, listen to the music, have a nightly happy hour fellowship with other RV’ers and tour the home of that famous hot sauce. The food here is awesome if you like fresh seafood and some spicy cajun seasoning.
Another long relocation day from Vicksburg, MS straight south along the Blues Highway – Hwy 61, to the small town of Abbeville, Louisiana. The drive was about 240 miles and took 6.5 hours. This was quite a lot longer than we like to travel at one time, but we safely arrived at about 3 pm and were all hooked up before the happy hour started at 4:30. We are staying at the quaint and charming Betty’s RV Park in Abbeville. Continue reading “Migrating Into The Deep South: Abbeville, Louisiana”
