Turtle Tales: OnThe Road Again

After a late start to this long anticipated leg of our journey, we have finally hit the road once again! We lost our oldest son on Easter Sunday so this trip will be some what of a healing journey for us as well.

We left Port Lavaca around 9 AM this morning and drove to Breaux Bridge, LA. , arriving around 4:00 PM. For the most part the weather was nice until we ran into some thunderstorms in Lake Charles, which followed us to Breaux Bridge. Breaux Bridge is a quaint town located on Bayou Teche. Jim and I stayed in a B & B in the area for our 25th wedding anniversary 10 years ago! Great place to visit!

Breaux Bridge is the Crawfish Capital of the world! Jim was anxious to get here as he wanted to eat at Poche's Cajun Market Restaurant and Smokehouse which closes at 6P.M.. We were not disappointed. Jim had crawfish etouffee and I had Cajun catfish with rice dressing (similar to dirty rice) All the food was generously seasoned with Cajun seasoning and was very good and plentiful!

We are staying at Poche's RV Park and Fish-N-Camp. It is a beautiful setting with 5 large fish ponds stocked with Bass, Bream, Sacalait and catfish.

This weekend the Park held a rally for the Special Military Active-Retired Travel Club. Immediately upon arriving back at the campground after dinner, we were invited to the gathering they were having tonight, and to breakfast in the morning! Being retired military, we fit right in, however we will pass on tonight's activities and join them in the morning for breakfast. As I have said before, it's not necessarily about the journey, but the people you meet along the way!

Lacy, our grand-dog is a great traveler, although I know she is missing Penny our Samoyed whom we lost three weeks ago....they were great travel buddies.....we miss her too ......

For more information on Poche's RV Park and Fish-N-Camp, go to www.pochesrvpark.com. For more information on Poche's Café, go to www.poches.com. And finally, for more information on Breaux Bridge, go to www.breauxbridgelive.com

Here are some pictures from today's travels/activities.....tomorrow we head to Alabama where we will see a lighthouse we missed the last time we were in the area.