It was a short pull from High Island, Texas to our next destination at Betty's Rv. Betty's is located in Abbeville, Louisiana and is the best rv park in all the state. It's small and nothing fancy but if you want to immerse yourself in Cajun culture, there is simply no other place like it! As soon as we arrived Jim and Nancy came out of their motor home and greeted us, (They write a blog, runningdownourdream listed on our page, and started full time rving the same year we did, in 2007).
The place is so popular that we could only get in for three nights. The park has seventeen spaces and many of the guests had stayed since Mardi Gras. Each day Betty has something planned, or at least suggestions for the best place to see what Louisiana life is all about.
The day after we arrived, a group of us traveled eight miles to Abshires County Store. Its a simple and small building but the food is great. Renita and I had the grilled shrimp salad which turned out to be the best salad I have ever eaten!
The cook, (the wife usually), prepares all the food on a small cook surface. Its so small that she can only cook four meals at a time! If someone at the table orders something different they will have to wait, (they only have nineteen plates and if there are more than nineteen people you have to wait till someone finishes and the plates are washed)!
The salad consisted of lettuce, topped with grilled shrimp and grilled mushrooms, all seasoned with Cajun spices. It's then further topped with lots of grated Parmesan, ranch dressing, and lots and lots of bacon bits. The first bite filled my mouth with a flavor that said Louisiana!
The third day was a Sunday and we went to mass at St Mary Magdalene's. The church was built in 1908 and the stained glass alone is worth visiting the church to see! As we travel we like to visit churches of all faiths and all are open to view by the public, except for one in Salt Lake City. That afternoon, the weather was cold but still the campers all met for Happy Hour insides Betty's house.
The next day we needed to fix the closet in our fifth wheel, between rough Texas and Louisiana roads the shelf has collapsed and the fix took three trips to the local Lowe's.
Betty had offered to let us show out jewelry at that afternoons Happy Hour. Linda, another guest also is a crafter and so we both displayed our work on the outside side tables. Betty also loves our wire work and stones and she purchased one of our gold bracelets with a gold and blue tiger eye cabochon.
She is also a folk artist and decorates her place with many pieces, which I have published in an earlier blog. This year one of her guests had painted decorations on old satellite dishes. They were really nice but I missed seeing lots of Betty' painted driftwood pieces.
Too soon our time at Betty's was up and as we hooked up, Betty along with our old friends and new came out and gave a good bye huge. The nice thing about being our age is getting lots of hugs! We had a great time there and we look forward to spending more time at Betty's Rv next year. Clear skies
Great description of Betty's. It was great seeing you two. See ya down the road.
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