We've been so busy I haven't had time to update y'all on our travels. We left Emerald Beach, Navarre FL on Jan. 31 after saying goodbye to Kevin and the friends we made there. Looking forward to warmer weather in Texas. The roads in Louisiana were absolutely horrid- many bumps!! We got to New Iberia, LA later in the afternoon and got set up at KOC Campground. A big field with many "resident" campers. It will do for two nights. At least they have a big field to let Ole run around in. We went to dinner at K & M's Boiling Point, after a goose chase trying to find it on the frontage roads. It was crowded for a Sunday night, lots of people eating huge platters of boiled crawfish. I took the Yelp suggestion and had the onion rings with my grilled shrimp po'boy, both were excellent! We shared an order of "gator balls" which were spicy deep fried- like meatballs. When we got back to the campers it was still 68 degrees, and we didn't need to turn our heat on for a change!
On Monday we went to the Tabasco factory at Avery Island, just down the road from our campground. Very interesting self-guided tour, and we had an excellent southern lunch at the cafe on the property before going to see the "Jungle Gardens" which the founding family started to showcase plants and animals. We did get pretty close to some sleepy alligators, the guys were happy! Deb almost stepped on a snake- she moved faster than it did and we all had a good laugh over that.
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| Tabasco is aged for three years in oak barrels |
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| There are 7 flavors of Tabasco |
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| Trying to get chased by a gator |
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| They had 300 year old live oaks! |
Back in New Iberia we toured the Shadows on the Teche mansion built in the 1830's. Not very big but interesting family history- it was occupied by the same family through 1958 when it was donated to the city. When we returned to the campground the guys tried fishing in the pond on the grounds- no bites but it was fun watching the mullet jump right out of the water!
On Tuesday we left to go to Port Lavaca, TX which is north of Corpus Christi. The Texas Lakeside RV Resort was very highly rated, a fairly new park, but most of the people were residing there to work at the refineries nearby. They had a nice pool (outdoor, not heated, and a whirlpool) but no activities. We decided not to stay here and left again on Saturday. Luckily the owner let us out of our one month contract and gave us a refund. They were adding on 80 sites and there was constant noise and dust from the construction.
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