State: Lousiana
Where we stayed: Bayou Segnette State Park Since it was so easy to get into New Orleans from our campground, we were able to make multiple trips into the city. While Kaylie and Emmett and I enjoyed the campground parade, Jack and Matt tackled New Orleans together, visiting the World War II museum and making a first trip to Cafe DuMonde. Being a WW2 history buff, Jack LOVED the museum! He could have spent a couple days there reliving all the details of each battle. On our next visit into the city, we waited in a not too long line at Mother's Restaurant for some Po'Boys (Famous Ferdi Special featuring the orginal debris).
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State: Louisana
Where we stayed: Bayou Segnette State Park The best thing about our trip to New Orleans was all the great families we met at our campground - Bayou Segnette State Park. If you are looking for a homebase near New Orleans and have a tent, trailer or motorhome, you might want to consider this place. It's got great level sites, free laundry (though you might have to fight others for it), park activities and it's ideally located about 20 minutes by car outside of New Orleans. And like I said, the best part were the other full-time families we met. Now that we have some other traveling friends, we're able to message each other when we need ideas for what to see or where to stay. Our Family Edventure - Family of 4 from SF Bay Area traveling in a sprinter van. Life with Dyna - Younger couple traveling with a 4 year old nephew, a friend and a cat. It's a Dodds Life - Family of 4 from Australia that hit 49 states in their year-long adventure of the USA. We happened to be staying in the park a few days before the actual day of Mardi Gras (booked reservations a few weeks in advance online), so the park had some fun, low key activites for the kids in the campground. Campground kids making Mardi Gras masks... State: Lousiana
Tobasco Factory Tour, Avery Island On our drive through Lousiana from Lafayette to our next campground in New Orleans, we made a pit stop for the afternoon in a little area called Avery Island. The main attraction on Avery Island is the Tobasco Factory. We spent a couple hours on the self-guided tour through the factory. State: Louisianna
Where we stayed: Pioneer Acadian Village RV Park and Campground We spent a few hours one afternoon exploring the lovely living museum of Vermilionville. a Cajun/Creole Heritage & Folklife Park. For those homeschoolers, their website has a number of lesson plans you can use to tie in with the fieldtrip. We started in the watershed exhibit where we learned about the Vermilion bayou and how water shaped the way of life here. Kaylie had a great time discussing bugs with the naturalist working in the watershed exhibit. State: Louisianna
Where we stayed: Pioneer Acadian Village RV Park and Campground Acadian Cultural Center - NPS The Acadian Cultural Center is nice little museum run by the NPS where we learned about the Acadian culture and origins. They even have a junior ranger program (kids now scream, "NOOOOOOO!" whenever they see me coming with the junior ranger booklets). But they did love playing some of the instruments that are in the hands-on area. In the next parking lot over is entrance to Vermilionville - a living history musuem where we watched some couples dance to live cajun music, talked to a native american about the jewelry and dolls she had made out of the area's spanish moss, and washed clothes on a washboard. Hitting Vermilionville along with the Acadian Cultural Center would make for a good day...especially if finished off with some crawfish or boudin balls! State: Louisianna
Where we stayed: Pioneer Acadian Village RV Park and Campground I really wanted to soak in the culture of the bayou found in Louisana, so we planned for a long stop in Layafette, Lousianna. While here, we went for our second boat ride of the trip with Campagne's Cajun Swamp Tours located about fifteen minutes from our campground in Breaux Bridge, LA. (Here was our first boat ride...rv and all). It had been pretty cold up until the day before we went on our tour, so most of the alligators in the area were still hiding out in the mud trying to keep warm. During our tour, the sun was out and temps were nearing 70, so we did get to see a couple little 'gators trying to soak up some sun. It was very exciting to see the first little guy who was hiding out in some plants...all you could see was his spine sticking out. As we traveled further south into Florida, we would end up seeing countless numbers of big alligators. But this 3' gator was enough to check it off our list. Fun Fact: Alligators need heat/sun to help process their food. If the weather turns cold after an alligator eats a large meal, the alligator may not be able to process his food and the animal in it's belly will rot...killing the alligator. |
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