Once again, it became time to move on down the road. Mississippi was the farthest east we were going to this summer trip, so we did a turnaround back into Louisiana. Our next stop would be Abita Springs Resort. However, along our route we stopped at the newest Buc-cees near Biloxi Mississippi. It had just opened two days prior, so we happily stopped in for some jalapeno-cheese kolaches and to fill up the RV with $2.74 per gallon diesel!
Abita Springs Resort Is a membership only resort. They advertise themselves as being part of the Ocean Canyon Resorts, a five-park conglomerate. We came on an invited stay at no charge looking to investigate it as a possible longer term stay in the future. It's a nice Park and in a good location. However, what they didn't tell us is that they're also affiliated with Coast to Coast, which as many of you know is just like Thousand Trails and has exorbitant membership fees to join.
As part of our stay, we agreed to hear a sales pitch from their very nice representative. While I understand many people use Thousand Trails and Coast to Coast as it perfectly fits their lifestyle, we feel it's not for people like us. We want to travel frequently and stay near areas of interest to us, sometimes in nature and other time in cities.
Despite being misinformed we had a great time in the Abita Springs area as we were able to return to Copeland's one more time for happy hour in Covington, Louisiana. This time around we ordered some blackened crab cakes that were to die for and we also had to re-order the shrimp cakes with tasso cream sauce. We even bought some tasso so we can try and recreate this delectable dish. Tasso is a smoked pork shoulder spiced with Cajun seasonings. What a treat!
Although it has been raining a lot here in the south lately, we were able to enjoy a trail not far from the park called the Abita Creek Flatwoods Preserve. It has a nice boardwalk trail located in a slash pine and longleaf pine meadow. it also featured pitcher plants and sundews which are two parasitic plants found in the USA. They are parasitic in that they trap and consume insects. Cool evolution...
We left Abita Springs a day early to head over to our next stop at Breaux Bridge in Louisiana where we will stay at Camp Margaritaville. It was a rather long drive of 119 miles where we pulled into the check-in line at the expansive Margaritaville Resort. We purposely planned to come for the weekend to be able to listen to live music both nights from 6:30 to 9:00. For those that have never been to a park like this picture a Jellystone RV park (designed for kids) combined with a park designed for adults.
Since it was a short 2 day stay we planned to revisit the Old Thyme Grocery in Lafayette La for one more excellent shrimp po'boy. Speaking of food, just outside the park we saw a Herbert's where we found a couple more boudin balls to try. They were pretty good but not but definitely not better than Karchner's or Billy's! Other than those two trips we walked around the resort, took advantage of the pool and Sharon used the onsite gym.
Since we were in the park on father's day I got an unexpected treat. The resort was giving free bloody marys to all the fathers in the park. Since they have an on-site bar and restaurant it allows them the flexibility to offer such treats.
But as you can imagine, being a weekend with live music and kids running all over the place, it was a very noisy park. By the end of our two days, we were more than ready to go someplace quieter. Our next stop should take care of that as it's a state park in western Louisiana just before we cross into Texas.
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