Day 201: Chennault Aviation & Military Museum, Monroe, LA Raining. We had to make an appointment to view the Frogmore Cotton Plantation and Cotton Gins, since this time of year they are closed much of the time. Tom and I had the tour guide exclusively to ourselves. We spent 2 1/2 hours walking around the... Continue Reading →
Jen’s Journal – January 15, 2020
Day 200: Gum Springs Campground, Kisatchie National Forest, LA Gloomy and humid. We walked around Gum Springs Campground and moved on to Monroe, where we had lined up a Harvest Hosts location, the Chennault Aviation & Military Museum. The museum features the stories of many who served from WWI to Operation Iraqi Freedom. It is... Continue Reading →
Jen’s Journal – January 14, 2020
Day 199: Natchitoches Walmart, LA Rainy, wet as can be, and dark. It gives me great pleasure to say that Tom’s gasket tightening work over Thanksgiving has paid off. Right now the air conditioner unit is not leaking water into our cabin. Yay! We floundered around Natchitoches most of the day. It would not stop... Continue Reading →
Jen’s Journal – January 13, 2020
Day 198: Fullerton Campground, Kisatchie National Forest, LA Light rain, drippy. We walked a trail through the old sawmill here at Fullerton, in hard rain. I haven’t been to Machu Piccu, but I imagine it’s something like this sawmill. All you can see are several concrete foundation pieces low to the ground and one wall,... Continue Reading →
Jen’s Journal – January 12, 2020
Day 197: Rutherford Beach, LA Mostly sunny and cool. We drove the rest of the Creole Nature Trail from Rutherford Beach to Lake Charles, after a morning walk on the beach. Beachcombing is super at Rutherford. We did get to see a blue heron, three alligators and several great egrets, and lots of other birds.... Continue Reading →
Jen’s Journal – January 11, 2020
Day 196: Crying Eagle Brewing Company, Lake Charles, LA Partly cloudy, windy, cool. We had terrible weather heading our way last night. Fortunately, the brunt of the weather went north of us. We had some wind and some thunderstorms during the night. I am finding the southwest area of Louisiana to be fascinating and UNIQUE!... Continue Reading →
Jen’s Journal – January 10, 2020
Day 195: Sam Houston Jones State Park, LA Warm, gloomy. It’s pretty strange how you can drive a few miles down the road, and you are in an extremely different environment. We are in Cajun country now. We learned that Cajun is short for Acadian, the French people who were kicked out of Canada by... Continue Reading →
Jen’s Journal – January 9, 2020
Day 194: Martin Dies, Jr. State Park, TX Cloudy, warm, looks like rain. So we crossed to Louisiana just to get a map and travel information. But at that point, why go back to Texas? We spent 5 1/2 weeks there, and there was nothing else we were hoping to see. So we move on.... Continue Reading →