March 7th, Thursday, We load the same bus at 7 am and start the tour. We stop at a local bakery for Beignets and coffee. These are donuts..no holes.. with 10X sugar on them..there goes my sugar count?

 

 We drove over to the old State Capitol ..Gorgeous..The building was restored to a beautiful building. See the pictures ..

 

https://picasaweb.google.com/AirstreamHobo/OldStateCapitol# 

 

Then back to camp for another GAM.. we meet 5 new couples at this one..Brrr.. Brrr.. it is cold tonight.

 

  God Bless  AirstreamHobo and Mom

March 5th, Tuesday, We start to see Airstreams arrive. All are ask to arrive by 3 pm. We have welcome meeting at 3 then at 6 pm we have a catered dinner by the campground.. Gumbo & Desert.... My first time..delicious !!  Chicken & Sausage & Roux broth...and also potato salad and cake. Then we see a movie on Louisiana History...time for bed !! Early day tomorrow!

 

 March 6th, Wednesday, We load up the tour bus at 8 am and head for the Governor’s Mansion in Baton Rouge. We take a tour and see the first floor only.  Then we load up for the tour of the State Capital Building. After the walking tour, some of us went up to the 28th floor for a look of the city below. Noon, Time to go to the  Hollywood Casino for a buffet lunch..nobody starves here. We sit at the window and watch barges on the Mississippi  move up and down the river.

 

  Load up again for Louisiana State Museum across from the Capital. Here we see the Louisiana History, very well done Museum. Back to camp by 4 pm.

 

Tonight at 5 pm we have a GAM...Get acquainted Meeting.. get to know your fellow caravaners. We meet in groups of 8-10 people to exchange our personal history with the club. When did you get your first Airstream, where are you from, where have you been, where did you work & how big is your family?

 

At 7 pm we met in the building to learn the Cajun 2 step... we all had to try it. I can’t count to 2 so I only danced with mom 2/3 times in practice then sat and watched the rest. Some caught on quick.

  See todays pictures  https://picasaweb.google.com/AirstreamHobo/GovernorSMansionStateCapitalLouisianaMuseum

 

  God Bless...AirstreamHobo and Mom

March 3, Sunday, we hookup and leave for Frenchman’s Wilderness Campground off  Rt 10 at exit 121, we arrived at 3 pm and got site #4 with full hookups.  We arrived 2 days early so we can clean up and relax before the caravan. We head down the road to a little store that has a Laundromat  in a little wooden building. I went into the store to see it, They have all kinds of supplies, the traffic today seemed to stop for liquid refreshments.  I purchase a t-shirt with store name on it. This is little fishing community along the river/bayou. Fishing is poplar here !! There is one other Airstream here..Buchers.. The rest come later.

    Monday, March 4, Rick and Marilyn  Solera arrive today and we chat for a while. This is their 25th (?) year of leading caravans..this one and also the Yellow Head Caravan. They are a delightful couple and are so easy going with everyone. More Airstreams arrive today  and setup. Rick tells me to drive down the road again past the store to see the fishing camps and to read the comical signs in each yard that owners name their camp. What a Fun Drive !! Then back to camp. See pictures.. https://picasaweb.google.com/AirstreamHobo/SignsOfLouisianaCamps

We left for Louisiana on Friday, March 1,  About 200 miles across Rt 10. We arrived in New Orleans about 5pm and had some Van problems. The campground directed me to a garage he recommends.
      I called them and they said come over sat at 8 am and they will check it out. After 2 hours of repairs we were back in business.
     We were at Pontchartrain Landing which is on the out skirts of New Orleans. The campground is on the  waterway canal with nice sites.  Note: This campground people were so helpful in setting up and locating a repair shop, they even offered to pick me up at repair if they needed to keep the van overnight. They were so concerned when I came back after repairs they stopped by to see if I was satisfied with the job done. This campground went way above the service I expected. This was also a Pass Port America Campground. Stop here when in town, they even have a shuttle into downtown 3 times a day. 

  

  We then drove downtown to the French Quarters. Found a lot to park near to everything. We walked over to Bourbon St. and blocks around. We checked out some of the stores, they had all kinds of party items..skirts, masks, necklaces(beads) and hats etc.We saw a gang of people in the street dancing to music and then move onto the next block, they were all on bicycles decorated with St. Patricks’ Theme. I don’t think they were sober? 
    We walked over to the church square where in the walks around it were Artists with their beautiful art for sale. Anywhere from $15.00 to hundreds. The colors were so vibrant. We decided to catch a surrey ride for a tour of the French Quarter, we were with 2 other couples. only $18.00 each for an very informative ride.
     We then walked around and ate lunch at a food court, the restaurants were very expensive. After 4 hours downtown we went for a drive around town. We even found a cemetery that look interesting and drove thru looking at all the above ground gravesites with large tombstones and Mausoleums with several burials in them. 
    Then back to the camp to rest for take off tomorrow for our caravan meeting place.  See Pictures .. 
 https://picasaweb.google.com/AirstreamHobo/NewOrleans2013

God Bless .. AirstreamHobo and Mom 

   I Love Airstreams!!! There were also Airstream diners along the square serving all kinds of food. each one had their specialty . We ate at one and had a delicious lunch with Bill & Joan Bucher. Then walked around town. Check out my Airstream Shots... https://picasaweb.google.com/AirstreamHobo/ILoveAirstreams 

Thursday, March 28, We left Mexico Beach for Grayton Beach State Park. We arrived to find it full ..while talking to ranger that we were meeting other Airstreams there, she said wait a minute and found an open site for 2 nights only...yeah.. we are with friends ( Buchers and Burns ). We got a new site with full hookups.

On  Friday we drove to Seaside to see the village of very expensive cottages(?)The stores downtown were way..way over our budget.We walked around the stores just looking at the art works and clothes too.

All the cottages were different and no two alike, $399.00 to $4,000,000.00 each. And some are only vacation cottages/homes. The beach here is like white sugar so clean to see.

  Back at camp we had happy hour with the Airstreamers and had a good time with 4 couples.

  See Pictures ..  https://picasaweb.google.com/AirstreamHobo/SeasideAndGraytonBeachFl02

  God Bless .. AirstreamHobo & Mom 

Feb 25, 2013... We have been in Mexico Beach, Fl. for 3 days and just paid for 2 more. We are in Rustic Sands Campground a Passport America Park ($19.00)  We have had over 7" of rain in the last 3 days and will get more today. There is flash flood warnings all around us. The canal behind us is filling up but not flooding bad, but we are watching it. The Host said the canal usually holds it own. We are on a higher? spot.. We did get to drive around yesterday and see the sights between rain drops. This town and area has the old shore look with a few new franchises/buildings around. I did download some odd shots from my camera for you to enjoy. So we will stay put and ride out the rain. Tomorrow and the rest of the week will get better? We will see....
 Pictures... https://picasaweb.google.com/AirstreamHobo/OddShotsAroundFlorida213#5848906683429600594

   God Bless.. Airstream Hobo & Mom