Our Summer Travels ~ New Orleans Revisited

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

We left Kinder at 9:00 am; it was already hot and humid. Sultry comes to mind. Our next stop will be New Orleans. We're still staying off of the freeways. We pass through a lot of small towns such as Opelousas (established in 1720) and are able to see some interesting sights...

rice field

Across the road from this rice field was a craw

fish farm. We saw many craw fish farms. We also saw a "farmer" harvesting his traps.

 Unfortunately, I was unable to get a picture.

fema trailers

sugar cane fields

crossing the Mississippi. 

barges

While in the New Orleans area we're staying at Bayou Segnette State Park, in Westwego.
Westwego is south of New Orleans.

state park office

back side of office

Westwego is  just across the river from Jackson Square and the French Quarter. It's a very nice state park with blacktop pads (albeit not as level as they could be), along with spacious lots with water and electric. They also have free wifi and a laundry room. There are two pools within the park. One is a wave pool which is open to the community. The other pool is for those staying in the campground. The price is very reasonable ~ $28/night. We'll be here for a week or so.

Coop really enjoys the grass

In addition to the campground, the state park also rents cabins...

cabins for rent at the state park

We meet the most interesting people on our travels...

Russell loves his LSU Tigers!!

We met another couple in the park tonight. They are from Hungary and

are spending their summer touring our National Parks. They began in New

York, spent some time in New Orleans and are now headed west to Utah. They

will have a great trip. Nice couple.

We're so looking forward to our time here. Stay tuned!!

Til next time...

Dawn, Ron & Cooper