LaFayette, LA

May 17, 2014 Pioneer Acadian Campground, Breaux Bridge, LA  Arrived here May 15th from Village Creek. My first time ever in Louisiana; another adventure! We were a little worried about this campground at first; we are just off a major highway but we've not heard the road one night. Sleeping is great. I was able to make a meeting on Thursday; how ever much we are different we are so alike!

Yesterday we had a great day. Had to get up and get going as we had reservations for a swamp tour. Yup, just like tourists. We had a ball. The pictures attest to that! Guide, Forrest, was boat handy and swamp knowledgeable. The swamp and bayou are beautiful. Birds, gators and turtle plentiful and the sun was shining and a gentle, emphasis the gentle, breeze was blowing. The 2 hours flew past.

How many baby gators can you see?

We came home to lunch and then went to walk the streets of Breaux Bridge, talked to shopkeepers, looked at treasures and had an ice cone at a sidewalk cafe. A generous shopkeeper just gave us the two tea candles we were trying to buy, wrapped up in a package tied with a ribbon, saying she had had them forever.
We were planning on a meeting later so we went to dinner early at a place called Poche's known to serve Cajun food. Whew, we couldn't eat it all, spicy and delicious; shrimp, catfish, crawfish etouffee, fries and potato salad. We also shared a Boudin sausage; spicy meat with onion and rice.
Went to a great meeting, came home and tried one of the tea candles in the candle lantern that Cherrymae made. It's beautiful but the pictures we tried to take didn't turn out! Then we rolled into bed tired and happy!