Off to Louisianna and a visit with the Burkettes'

Tuesday 12 March 2019

We got up and were in no hurry to leave since we were only traveling 130 miles.  We were hooked up and on the road about 10:30, headed to the interstate for fuel then back to route 90 for a leisurely drive to Livingston, LA.   We hit some rough roads but passed though some really nice areas and again some not so nice areas, but we enjoyed it better than the express way.  We got to the CG about 2:30, checked in, got propane and were parked and situated by 3:00.  Not to bad.  We chit chatted with Teresa and decided just to spend the evening here at the campground and hook up with them on Thursday, so we had the BBQ left overs and stayed in for the night.  A nice CG with a beautiful  small lake in the middle, so a couple of walks around that and we were all ready for bed by 10:30.

Wednesday 13 March 2019

Brad got up and had his cup of coffee, but when he went to make me a cup.....no can do, the coffee pot stopped working.  So he left with Rudy for a walk while I struggled to wake up trying to be a

Visiting Buddy and

Teresa

pleasant person.  He got back about 40 min. later, I was dressed so off we go for breakfast and some much needed coffee.  Now me not having coffee for 90 min after I get up could have been ugly, but we actually did ok.  We found a little dinner up the road and nice breakfast and some good coffee and all is great again.  Back home a shower for me and then off to see Buddy and Teresa.  We chatted for a short time, or so we thought, and the next we look it's 2:00 and we head off for a late lunch.  Now Brad's and my goal is a coffee pot, but them, not so much.  We stopped at the 'Walk On' restaurant and had a nice lunch that lasted until about 3:30 then they finally head over to Bed, Bath and Beyond so we could get a new coffee pot.  A stroll through the store and we both made some purchases then back to their house, another hour of chatting then we finally head home to rescue Rudy.  It was almost 6:00 until we got home, a walk for us all and then Rudy was ready to eat.

Thursday 14 March 2019

We got up and I managed to get 2 loads of laundry done, in between showers.  About 11:30 we headed over to Buddy and Teresa's to see what they had going on.  Brad and Rudy stayed at the house, helping Buddy tear up a wooden deck they had in the middle of the yard, while Teresa and I headed out.  First stop was Bed, Bath and Beyond, I took my receipt and coupon that I forgot yesterday and got my $30.00 (20%) back and Teresa got her $10.00 back for her purchase the day before as well.  A stop at the grocery store for some wine and pretzels then back to the Burkette’s just in time to catch the guys taking a break.  They both had a beer, and then got back to work on the next section of the deck.  They worked ‘til about 4:00 then called it a day.  We sat around chatting until Teresa started dinner for us.  She made us Crawfish Etoufee over rice, it was delicious.  We hung out until about 8:30 then headed home and off to bed.  

Friday 15 March 2019

We got up another load of laundry, a bike ride for Brad, 2 showers and we finally got out the door about 11:00.  We packed up Rudy's kennel to take to Buddy and Teresa's so we didn't need to be back to their house quite as early.  A stop at Wal-greens to pick up my medicines and check on Brad's, no luck then off to the Burkette we head.  We hung out there for about an hour then put the dogs in their appropriate places and off we go.  We headed to a place called Denham Springs with 2 blocks of Antique stores.  We managed to hit them all and only had one small purchase, pretty good for Brad and I.  About 3:30/4:00 we headed off to dinner, to a place call Don's Steak and Seafood.  We all had some sort of seafood and it was all delicious.  Back to the Burkettes to rescue the dogs and hang out for about an hour so Rudy could get some free range run time in then Brad and I headed home.  We got home about 7:00 to find the CG absolutely full, so we headed inside, watched some TV, then Brad headed to bed about 9:00 and I lasted until 10:00. 

Saturday 16 March 2019

Up and moving early this morning.  We were out the door by 9:30 and headed over to Buddy and Teresa's house. We let Rudy run for a little then he went in his house and we headed off to Baton Rouge. We started with the Old State Capital tour that is now a museum. It was very interesting with civil war history and occupation by Union troops.  A whole wing displaying facts and history about Huey Long and his assassination.  Next we walked across the street and toured the USS Kidd a WWII destroyer (that was actually disappointing).  We stopped at PaPi's Mexican restaurant on the way home and it was very good.  Picked up Rudy and headed back home.

Pictures of the Old Capital building and the Mississippi River.  Wonderful day!!