Breakfast On The House 01/04/20

Frog City RV Park, Duson, Louisiana

Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor. ~ Proverbs 18:12

We were contemplating a visit to a retired oil rig today – – an hour-and-a-half away, but I uncovered another one at our next stop in Galveston that’s minutes away, so we decided we’ll wait until next week to check it out.

So what to do with our day today?

We began by sharing a campground-sponsored breakfast with 6 other campers, but actually only talked with the two we shared a table with – Duane and Mary – fellow believers! The food was wonderful! The campground provided everything except a drink other than coffee – fresh scrambled eggs, sausage links, biscuits and sausage gravy (Which was so good I had two helpings! Can you say, ‘glutton’??), and a French toast casserole. How nice of the campground to do that for us!

Then we headed over to Acadian Culture Center which is actually a National Park. There wasn’t a lot there, but they had a 30-minute movie about the trials and tribulations of the Acadians, which put to mind the persecution of the Jews, and also a small museum. There was a very nice and knowledgeable Ranger named William working today.

This was in the parking lot at the Cultural Center!
Never thought we’d see catus growing in the Louisiana Bayou!
Thought catus needed dry??

A variety of Cajun (Acadian) instruments

This one was the most interesting! : )
Wonder what it sounds like?

A variety of food stuffs that are common in their pantries.

This picture reminded us of the Celtic Ceilidhs in Nova Scotia, etc.
No surprise, since that’s where the Acadians (although French) originiated from.

I was searching for information on Nutria in the museum
because I know that they are (or were) a big deal to the Cajuns.
I finally found it on a ‘touch table’. : ) Very soft!

After about an hour there, it was time to put in some exercise (We are sooo out of shape! Ugh!), so we returned to the Park we visited before we went home for Christmas. But first, a detour. We were driving along, when we came to another trail we didn’t know about, so we walked there first. : )

There’s this mound with a tree growing on top of it.
Looked strange when surrounded by flat land . . . .

We came to a fence, and thought we might be done, but the trail ran alongside it.
The fence was to mark off Lafayette airport property – the same one we flew out and in from.

Just some weed along the trail that photographed pretty well. : )

Because of all the rain we had the past few days, the trails were pretty wet, but we had the foresight to put on our hiking boots, so we were fine – and we got in about 12,000 steps!