New Orleans & Lafayette Nov. 21-23rd

Nov.21st

John and Sherryl picked us up at our campsite at 8am to go to New Orleans. We drove on a 18 mile bridge across the Bayou (on the sides and between the divided highway there was swamplands).
We stopped at Oak Alley Plantation--toured the beautiful house and oak tree grounds,had lunch and a mint julep to drink.

We crossed over the Mississippi Bridge to New Orleans. We took a horse and carriage ride around the French Quarter--artists,musicians,puppeteers were performing. We shopped along Bourbon Street. We had a cafe au lait and beignets(French doughnuts) at the famous Cafe'du Monde.New Orleans is everything we imagined it to be and more.Beautiful city.

We stopped in Baton Rouge and ate at J.T. Changs China Bistro and had a excellent Chinese dinner. We arrived back in Lafayette at 10:30pm after a great day.

Nov. 22nd

Ralph and John watched collage football and relaxed at the Couvillions'. Sherryl,her sister Mickey(visiting from Vietnam)and I went shopping from 11am to 5pm. Beautiful shops! We enjoyed a tasty lunch at the "Zee"resturant .

We met two(2-5yrs old)of the Couvillions' six granddaughters. John grilled some great steaks for dinner.

Nov. 23rd

"Go Stamps Go" Grey Cup Champs! Woh!

We met the Couvillions' at Took's speciality meat shop and picked up some pre-packaged Cajun food for us to freeze. We had lunch at Dwyer's Cafe and had a "plate lunch".I picked Catfish, corn bread stuffing and eggplant casserole. Good food!We are enjoying Cajun!

Ralph and I are both battling a cold. We came back to the 5th wheel and rested. By accident Ralph turned to the channel with the Grey Cup.Great game!