Still having fun in Abbeville LA

As we approached our 2nd and final week at Betty's RV park we wanted to visit Palmetto Island State Park, just about 15 minutes south of Betty's RV Park. We like going to this park for a nice walk in what is mostly a wooded swamp. This park is a favorite when at Bettys and In past years we have seen lots of critters but not so many this year. It was still a fun place to go for a long walk and as an added bonus, visitors over 62 years old receive free admittance in all Louisiana State Parks!

Our last weekend turned out to be a bit of a bust. It was supposed to rain all weekend so we altered our plans and didn't attend the Basin Festival north of Lafayette. The 1 hour drive to the festival was a bit much given the 90% chance of rain there. Much to our dismay the rains in Henderson La. where the Basin Festival was held didn't materialize and we could have attended. Sigh.

Our backup plan was to go to Touchets near Maurice, Louisiana. Here they have a Cajun jam held every other week on Saturday afternoons. Sometimes there are only a few musicians present and sometimes there are many. This weekend there were many which made it a really good jam session.

The musicians played an assortment of Cajun/French music and the musicians alternated playing, some playing several instruments. There were at least five different people playing the Cajun accordion and even one guy played a saxophone. We spent pretty much all of Saturday afternoon there and had a great time.

  

Saturday night Abbeville LA had a program called "If only Tombstones Could Talk" held at one of the local Masonic cemetery's. It was very interesting to hear the tales of life long ago of the "residents" of the cemetery. It's only held once a year and is worth the fee for what took a little over an hour to attend.

Our last Sunday we just stayed home and cleaned the RV for the next leg of our journey west. Of course we did enjoy one last happy hour with Betty. She is truly a gem. Next stop is Texas.