Travels of the Big "A" Bus: Catching up March 4, 2013

I seem to be having a hard time with this BLOG but I am going to try and catch you up on what we have been doing.   After leaving all the ducks at Martin Lake around the 21st of Feb we went to Poche's Fish Camp & RV Park.   It is outside of Breaux Bridge La and someone had recommended it to us.   It is a very nice park centered around several fish ponds that actually used to be crawfish ponds, We had dinner with my cousin Cara Gerdes and her husband Jerry and enjoyed seeing their new house. The weather was not very good so we spent a lot of time in the motorhome until Saturday afternoon when the sun decided to come out. We met the neighbors and enjoyed a fire with them for a while until it got much colder and we had to go inside. One Sunday we moved on up to Natchitoches, La to be able to spend a few days with Larry and MaryJane Phillips from Arlington, Tx.   They have friends who live in Natchitoches so they were coming to see them and us.   Natchitoches is where the movie Steel Magnolias was filmed.   I did not realize that it was actually a true story. We saw the houses used in the movie, met the gentleman who wrote the story and his 90 yr. old father.   We also heard the story of the "meat pies" that were used to feed the slaves on the plantations and were able to enjoy eating some of them in the local restaurant, Lazones and also purchase some from the grocery to bring along with us.
After that little trip we came back to Poche's and Lar and Tracy Saulsgiver came to be with us a few days.   We attended the "wild rabbit"cookoff in the adjoining field on Saturday,   Now these people, Cajuns, do know how to party.   They told us that they just came to drink and have a good time.   One of the neighbors gave larry some gumbo which I could not eat due to it having crab in it.
Sunday we left Poches and came on down a little further in Louisiana to Betty's RV Park.   Now this is a "HOOT".   There are 17 sites around Betty's house and every afternoon around 4:30 they get together for Happy Hour and after being there about 2 hours you don't need to fix any dinner as all the snacks that come out are wonderful.
Yesterday we went over to a little town called New Iberia to the Tabasco factory and had a tour of the plant and learned all about the Tabasco sauce and the history of it. Also went to the original Conrad Rice Company which is now Konrico brand rice. They process about a million pounds a year.
Today we have had a down day of just doing things around the motorhome and Larry has been working on taxes. Tomorrow is a touring day with the group that is camped here of a church and a blacksmith's operation after that we are having a crawfish boil with live music to boot.

More later,

Mem

Mem and Larry in downtown park.

Ally's four children on Valentines Day