We did nothing, nothing, in Dauphin Island, Alabama. We wore ourselves out in New Orleans, and spent our days here relaxing, rejuvenating and catching up on things that we’d put off. The beaches here aren’t especially pretty, and the Gulf Coast oil rigs can be seen wherever you turn, but we didn’t care. Sometimes you just need to recharge your batteries, and this was a good place to do just that.
We don’t comment much on the campgrounds we visit because we’re really not on the road for camping. For us, the RV is just a place to stay when we’re not off exploring great destinations. In that regard, we’re no more ‘RVers’ than other travelers are ‘Hotelers.’ In each case, where you sleep at night is incidental to the reason you’re there. It is a means to an end. But occasionally we come across a campground that is truly exceptional either because it is a beautiful destination in its own right or is impossibly close to where we want it to be. Read More…
Stained glass dome above the Old State Capitol, Baton Rouge, LA
I never understood some people’s aversion to trying new food. The way I see it, everything I now enjoy I had to try for the first time at some point. If there were no first times, there’d be no enjoyment – oh, and I’d have starved to death long ago, too.
My approach to food is to ask two basic questions: ‘Are other people enjoying it?’ and ‘Are you sure it’s not poison?’ Read More…
“People will ask: ‘Why doesn’t mine taste like yours?’ It is because I’m a better cook than you are,” explained Chef Belton of the New Orleans Cooking School. The truth of that statementwas undoubtedly confirmed by the group of sixty or so people crowded around tables for nearly three hours hoping to learn a couple of his Cajun cooking secrets; or maybe folks were just there to eat his creations.
Who can blame them? Read More…
Everywhere Once 