Mar 25 - Lafayette, LA

  We spent the morning "working" in our air conditioned RV.  We really feel the heat and the humidity.  It feels like a hot summer day in New England.  After lunch, we drove the 15 minutes into Lafayette, LA.  It must be a significantly up-scale town, as there is a Whole Foods there.  Originally, we chose to come here to hear the Cajun music and eat some of the Cajan and Acadian food.  It is also near the Atchafalaya Swamp/Wildlife Refuge, that has great swamp tours.  However, since that is now all closed, due to Corona, it is a good thing we like to explore Nature.
  We went to the Acadiana Park Nature Center.  This has some nice trails, some along the bayou, some through the green, green woods.  We walked for a bit, enjoying it all.
  Then, we went over to Whole Foods to do our grocery shopping.  I have never seen a Whole Foods parking lot SO EMPTY.    This is the last one until we get to Chattanooga, TN, so we stocked up, or at least as much as my small refrigerator can handle.
  When we returned to our RV site, there were four police cruisers in front of the RV next to ours.  It became apparent that domestic violence was the issue.  It took awhile for the cops to leave, and as soon as they did, the couple started screaming at each other again.  The cops were called to return, and this time, they took both the man and the woman away, after quite a long time, with both parties standing there in handcuffs.  The man returned to pack up his stuff.  The owner of the RV camp came by to apologize about the situation and offered to refund our fees.  He said he had even done a background check on the man.  The owner is  having the RV towed away tomorrow.  It was a WEIRD situation.  Another indication that we are not pleased with the quality of the RV campgrounds recommended by the group called "RPI".  The other RV memberships have a higher level of quality.  Unfortunately, RPI has a lot of parks along our route, and give a good discount to members of Thousand Trails, which doesn't have a lot of campgrounds in the middle of the country.

Acadiana Park photos:

Police cruisers next door Photo: