December 17, 2004

December 17, 2004

Breaux Bridge, Louisiana to Beaumont, Texas

DAY 183

Dan's Louisiana translator

Christmas = Krittmas

fifty = fitty

sixty = sitty

Chevrolet = Shevolay

dog = doe

door = doe

more = moe

your = yoe

this = diss

that = datt

there = dare

they = day

ask = ax

help = hepp

( Fr. ) les haricots = zydeco

something = sumpin

child = chile

didn't = dinn

won't = woan

 

This morning as we were preparing to leave, the "next door neighbour" brought over 5 grapefruits for us. They have a grapefruit tree in their yard. We left Poché's RV Park and wound our way around 6 miles of back roads, back to Interstate 10. We headed west on I-10. We stopped for diesel at Lake Charles, Louisiana. As we drove, we listened to our new zydeco Christmas music CD. ARGH ... it was horrible ! What a disappointment. We have been listening to such interesting zydeco Christmas music on the radio for the last few days.

HELLLOOOOO, TEXAS ! We stopped for lunch at the Texas Tourist Information Center at the border. I struck up a conversation with the couple in the fifth wheel parked next to us, because I recognized the RV dealer sticker on their rig. They are from Kanata, a suburb on the west side of Ottawa. We ate lunch, and studied the Texas campground information, deciding to stay at Gulf Coast RV Resort in Beaumont, Texas. That's where we are now. The couple from Kanata are also staying here. As soon as we pulled in here, we met a full time RV couple from Toronto / Ottawa. They are actually from Toronto, but are using their son's address in Ottawa.

We arrived mid afternoon, and spent a quiet late afternoon and evening. This park offers free Wi-Fi, so I got caught up on some online stuff. We took Bo for a long walk. He's been feeling a bit neglected the last few days. As I type this, Joanne and Bo are searching the trailer for Bo's lost squeaky blue doughnut. How can you lose a squeaky toy in a space this small ?

We have been on the road for six months now. We've travelled 17,546 kilometres.

DSK