Backtracking to New Orleans

Our time in Beaux Bridge was coming to an end as we had a reservation at the state park across the river from New Orleans. However, we headed one last time into Lafayette to take in the musical lunch in the park. A great modern zydeco band was playing and a ladies group was selling boxed lunches. What could be better than that!

In the afternoon we headed over to the Acadian Center near the airport to take in the musicians jam session. It was a great chance to meet some musicians, dance to some tunes and generally have a great afternoon. The traditional houses and other buildings on the site were well worth the visit. I even enjoyed towing the ferry across the water!

Then it was onward, southward with a brief stop at the Longfellow-Evangeline Musuem. While the story of Evangeline is exactly that, a fictional story, it does harken back to real events making the museum a worthwhile visit. The site and buildings is actually more Creole than Acadian, but nonetheless all very interesting and well worth the visit.

From there is back on the strangely rollicking roads of Louisiana towards our next campground. What is it with those roads? They were simply awful and even dangerous while towing anything large like an RV. I was more than a bit happy to arrive in one piece at our next camping spot where we planned to stay for the next five days or so exploring the French Quarter and nearby neighbourhood of New Orleans.