Aging Cajuns Adventures

    As stated in our previous blog, we are camping at various COE (Corps of Engineers) campgrounds on our trek up north. Ordinarily, we’d choose what we’d like to see on a vacation and then plan our lodging accordingly; however, because we’re now traveling in our home, we try to find a place to park it and then explore interesting places in the surrounding area.     Yesterday, August 1st, we left our last scheduled COE campground, Prairie Flower, located in Iowa (the second state we got to scratch off our map during this trip), approximately 10 miles northwest of Des Moines. This awesome campground was aptly named for the beautiful prairie preserved throughout, making it uniquely different from the previous campgrounds we visited. So, we literally stayed in our little house on the prairie!  Our little house on the prairie!   A view of our home from a path that was cut through the savanna. They kept the grass mowed at each site.    ...

       What day is this?      One of the biggest side effects of living a nomadic life is confusion -- we are constantly asking ourselves, "What day is this?" Thankfully, a quick glance at our phone's calendar remedies our temporary memory loss. We love the freedom of choosing where and how we get to spend each day, even though we can't remember what day of the week we woke up to!     Where are we going next?      We are both planners, especially when it comes to vacations, but since we are taking an extended one at a much slower pace, we have to ask ourselves, "Where are we going next?" We are totally freestyling it, which is how we wanted to do this, but it is also making it a bit of a challenge regarding arranging our future stops. We are fully relying on  Abba to lead us to the right places and at the right time.  So far, we're quite pleased with how it's turning out!      As you may recall, our mai...

      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...

     It's so easy to highlight and commemorate the BIG blessings in our lives, the ones where you're completely blown away by them, and you have no qualms about sharing them just because of how awesome they are.  We know we've got some big adventures ahead of us that will definitely qualify as being breathtakingly awesome and would attract more readers.        However, in this post, we're going to highlight some recent experiences that have been a blessing to us and are worth pausing to reflect on. We even have a few lagniappe blessings that have totally surprised us and, you could say, have blown us away!     Moral Support      W e are so appreciative of the amount of support we've received from family and friends since we took this adventurous leap of faith.  People have called, texted, and even sought us out in a crowd just to tell us how excited they are about our new adventure and how they can't wait to read...