The Southern Route - #59

 We enjoyed spending our last few days as Texans in Houston before crossing the border into Louisiana. It was great seeing Arlene and Jerrel one more time. As residents of Houston, they suggested spending the day together at Kemah Boardwalk, a really pretty amusement area right on Galveston Bay. The weather was so beautiful, sunny with a slight breeze - perfect! 

  

 

Our final full day in Houston was spent at N.A.S.A. Space Center. So interesting and one of the places in Texas we really wanted to see! 

 

                                    

Our trip home takes the southern-most route, following the Gulf Coast, up through Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas, on into Virgina and then Maryland to visit family. From that point, it will be familiar territory.

We arrived in Cajun Country a about a week ago and settled into Bayou Wildness RV Park for a three-day stretch, enjoying the spacious beautiful grounds and a bayou just off to the side of our site. Our activities included checking out the Lafayette Jockey Lot - a good sized flea market close by to the park.  We enjoyed strolling through the aisles and picked up a few goodies along the way. What a unique accent is spoken in this area! And the foods are just as unique - alligator, crawfish, boudin (which our friend Ed introduced us to back in Bandera), cracklin, king cake, poboys - just to name a few.  

  

On our second full day in Lafayette, we reserved a swamp boat trip on Lake Martin and then out for lunch at Prejeans - a highly recommended Cajun restaurant nearby. 

We loved our swamp tour - it was beautiful and interesting! The designated bird sanctuary introduced us to a variety of beautiful birds we could only see in this area; I have added them to my Audobon bird siting app! And of course - we saw many alligators!

 

 

 

  

 

Lunch at Prejeans was wonderful! We shared green fried tomatoes covered with Cajun crab sauce (it had just the right amount of kick!). Charlie had a mixed fried plate which included alligator, shrimp, hush puppies; I was less adventurous opting for a shrimp corn chowder and a salad with even more shrimp; it included a pistolette (roll) which I brought home and Charlie ate just the other night. We also purchased dessert to go - homemade cheesecake and bread pudding with a white chocolate sauce! Worth the calories!

                     

    

It has already been a week since I started this post; we are already almost halfway home. Seems I just can't write as fast as we travel.  More to come!