Onto Texas

Day 221

We depart from Louisiana today and head towards Texas. Our stay in Louisiana has been great, considering we were somewhat apprehensive of coming here. Through our own personal stigma of the Deep South of America, and through opinions given by other people, we believed we were headed for a bunch of hillbilly’s sitting on the porch of their shacks in the bayou, playing the banjo. I’m sure Louisiana has some scary parts just like any other state we have visited, it is not as bad as people make it out to be. I guess it’s no different than the Americans believing we live in igloos and eat seal blubber up north.  

Our campground in Lafayette had been absolutely wonderful. The spot was located in a private corner of the grounds giving us a break from trying to control our two embarrassments. The campground itself was built around a small lake with a fair number of the spots backing onto it. Located on the other side of the campground through a mini forest, we could see a drive through restaurant that appeared to be extremely busy throughout the day. On our second night, we took turns guessing on who the drive through company would be, turns out it was a place called Billy’s Boudin and Crackling. Boudin is apparently cooked spiced meats rolled up in sausage casings, to me it almost sounds like and American version of Haggis. The Cracklin is deep fried pork skin, similar to pork rinds in Canada, judging by the amount of vehicles going through it’s a very popular cuisine here. 

The highway into Texas was extremely busy so we stayed in the right lane and did our best to enjoy the scenery. During the drive we slowly watched the land around us change from dense bayous to open pastures. We were now in cattle country… I guess Alberta’s sister state.. 

Lafayette KOA 

The lake spots had a great view and picnic area. 

The ducks would have driven the dogs nuts if we were along the lake. 

The roads leaving Louisiana were very interesting, this sound would go on for miles. 

Welcome to Texas.