On the road again...

May 1st and we were on the road to Louisiana. Driving behind John in the VW wasn’t as much fun as traveling together- but between walkie-talkies and the 60s station on XM, the time went by fairly quickly. We had avoided the horrible rain storms of the past few days and had a beautiful sunny day for travel. As we crossed out of Florida and into Alabama, I realized that it was our 5th anniversary. Somehow, being on the road again seemed like the perfect way to celebrate. We arrived into Mobile around 5:00 and spent the night at one of our favorite campgrounds there. We were so tired that we opted to stay in and prepare for the “Cajun onslaught” the following day.

On the 2nd, we made it to Cajun Country and headed to John’s “shed”. He was already there, waiting to get us set up. The two guys went out to return the trailer and Brenda Ann arrived with a post anniversary celebration—champagne and appetizers. We grabbed some lawn chairs and sat outside their motorhome garage. It felt like coming home.

The following day, we drove to Baton Rouge to see the Rural Life Museum. It was particularly interesting to see the exhibit as John and Brenda related their own childhood recollections and experiences. We took them out for lunch- their choice of restaurant. John picked the “Great Wall”…..a Chinese buffet. We had our doubts- knowing how much we dislike buffets, but the food was actually pretty good.

On Thursday, they took us into the country to see the sights and sounds of crawfish season. John tried to take a photo of some of the local boys with their catch and was given a most definite “no”. Evidently they didn’t want any photographic evidence of the size of their catch- since it was probably being sold for straight cash. No proceeds going to Uncle Sam. That night, we drove almost all the way to Hammond to a crawfish restaurant know for its’ paper thin cut of catfish. The portions were huge and everything was fried. We had catfish and stuffed shrimp, po-boys and French fries (with bread and butter to round things out).