CAJUN COUNTRY CARAVAN 2014...SUCCESS

Cajun Country Caravan 2014...Success...New Friends...Fun Times...Awesome Sites...Music...Food...For a old gal like me, I know when I see "happy."  And what I saw every day during this caravan was "happy people."  Rain or Shine, Cold or Hot (don't think it was ever really hot), everyone was happy.  Now, there were times that The Airstreamers ate too much, or walked too much, or didn't get enough sleep, or had to wear dirty clothes, or had to hook up in the rain, or had to step in water when they stepped out of their camper...but, guess what, they were all still happy!

Debbie (New York) and Irene (Georgia) gettin' in the groove.  Vannie had showed them out to fringe the bottoms of their t-shirts.  You know when the t-shirt is a little too tight around the bottom...just a little fringe will solve the problem.  I wonder if that would work for me...guess it's hopeless when you have a bottom like mine.  lol

 

First Stop on our last big day...Lafayette, LA...St. John Oak...The Cathedral St. John the Evangelist...St. John's Cemetery





 



St. John Oak...500 years old...diameter of trunk - 9feet 2 inches...circumference - 28 feet 9 inches...height - 126 feet with a spread of 210 feet

 



St. John The Evangelist Cathedral

Beautiful flambeau stained glass windows

Made in Munich, Germany

Portrayed the life of St. John the Evangelist

Casavant Freres, Limitee Organ

Canadian Company

Installed 1985

Designed by Jean-Louis Caignet of Paris

Over 3000 pipes

Caravan Leaders...Judy/Larry Boudreaux

Guide to the Cathedral and Museum...Jan McKneel

Vannie

In this part of the museum was the Hanley-Gueno Neapolitan Presepio.  Vannie said no photos were allowed.  So anyone reading about this will just have to go see it.  She said it was magnificent.  It is a collection of 18th century puppet-like characters made by Neapolitan craftsmen from Italy.  It recreates the Nativity and what transpired in Bethlehem at the time.

St. John Cemetery

Oldest in the city

Above ground burial because of high water table

 

Second Stop...a Walk to downtown Lafayette

 

One of the many murals painted by Lafayette native, Robert Dafford

V and D with friends, Rob and Janice from Georgia

Eating lunch at Poupart's Bakery...downtown location in the old Gordon Hotel

Dave said you can't go downtown Laffy without making a stop at Bordon's Ice Cream.

 

Third and Last Stop...Dinner at Don's Seafood and Steakhouse...

Choices for Dinner...Seafood Platter, Broiled Fish, Steak...of course, with the yummy sides!

 

 

OMG...look at me...everyone is gone.  We will be staying here for a few days just to get some rest.  Larry and Judy Boudreaux were awesome caravan leaders, but V and D were on the go from sunup to sundown.  And, hey, I was busy, too.  Airstreams have so much news to share when they get together...especially about their owners...the gossip never stops. And there were some juicy stories, let me tell you! 

 

CAJUN COUNTRY CARAVAN

AN AWESOME ADVENTURE