March 2019

Time to be RVing nomads again…for a bit anyway. We’re headed easterly, towards a beach cottage “vacation” the end of March in Alabama. Our time in Port Aransas was…well let’s just say that although it is not paradise, it sure was better than shoveling snow and hunkering down by the woodstove 🙂 And we’ll be back next winter.
In Port A, we played lots of pickleball in lots of wind, made some friends at our RV park, worked on the camper and truck, walked the beach and channel, watched lots of birds.

Springtime is beginning here- many roadside and campground wildflowers to be seen.

We went up to Livingston, TX- home of Escapees RV Club. They have an RV Park there as well as a Medical Care Facility and the Mail Center. They also have a program- SmartWeigh- which will weigh all your wheels on your truck and trailer, and the hitch weight to help you determine if you are overloaded and if the loads are distrubted correctly across the wheels. Even though we were in good shape, we did make one small adjustment to the hitch to balance things out.
Cajun Country- Eunice, LA. Interesting area! This is where many Acadians were deported to back in the mid-1700’s from Nova Scotia. History we learned- the French and British fought over Nova Scotia and surrounding areas (including eastern Maine) many, many times. Each victor insisting the locals swear allegiance to their country. Many Acadians were deported to British colonies, the Carribean, and back to France over time, then some from France to Louisiana, inland from New Orleans to prairie lands. “Cajun” comes from the way southern French speaking Acadians said “Acadian” ( think about it :-). The Acadian lands included Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, parts of Quebec, and Maine east of the Kennebec River (who knew that?) We went to a live radio show concert of Cajun music, which included some Zydeco, as well- great fun!