Aging Cajuns Adventures

    Sleepy Bear Dunes      During the week of August 23rd to 30th, we completed our final stretch of exploring Michigan. We spent sixteen nights total in the Great Lakes state. Our itinerary was mostly guided by where we could find an available campground within our budget, and then we planned our day trips from there.          On a side note, campgrounds are so much more to us than launching pads for our sightseeing adventures.  Just being at a nice and quiet park, meeting fellow campers from various places, making a campfire, getting to sleep in the same bed every night, and eating home-cooked meals just adds so much more comfort and joy to the journey. Smitten with the Mitten     We saw a sign in a gift shop that amusingly boasted, "Four out of the five Great Lakes prefer Michigan!" We were definitely enamored with the beauty of the Great Lakes and would have loved to see more of what Michigan's coastlines have to ...

      Delhi, Louisiana      On Monday, July 13th, we left our home base of Abbeville, LA, and traveled to the northeast region of our state, an area we don't recall ever visiting before.  We stayed at Poverty Point Reservoir State Park in Delhi, LA.  This park is conveniently located just a few miles north of I-20, has fantastic amenities, and we highly recommend it for anyone traveling through the top right corner of "The Boot."     Included as part of the State Park's facilities, but located a few miles north, is a marina, concession store, fishing pier, and a beach.  Both areas have a boat launch, a well-equipped fish cleaning station, picnic areas, and air-conditioned public restrooms. In addition to the RV sites, the park offers a few lodges and waterfront cabins for overnight guests . One of several of the park's walking trails.      Louisiana History Lesson #1     While searching for an ice cream sho...

Our first week of living a nomadic lifestyle ...     O ur brand-new RV living adventure began at the beautiful homestead of a dear couple whom we've known for a very long time.  They live a mile from the home that we sold, which made it convenient for us to finish hauling the last of our items from the house to the camper.      This precious couple used to own a camper, so they already had a covered concrete pad as well as all the hook-ups needed to live in our RV there.  This was the perfect place for us to get our feet wet.  They were able to give us great advice and some hands-on training on how to properly hook up and level the RV. We were able to stay at their place for a week, which was a tremendous blessing to us. Our first experience of staying at a campground ...     Palmetto Island State Park is one of Louisiana's top-rated state parks, located  only a few miles outside of Abbeville's city limits.  We had visited it q...