Bayou Wilderness RV Resort - Carencro, Louisiana (March 2023)

Nearly everyone on a WBCCI Caravan has an opportunity to help the group through an assigned task and our duty was to serve as parkers at this campground. That meant we left our last campground two hours earlier than the other members and traveled to this park with the caravan leaders. We quickly unhitched and set up Rosie, our Airstream trailer, because we knew there were about 20 more Airstream trailers headed to this park. 

Following the leaders to Bayou Wilderness RV Resort

Sign at the entrance to the campground

Our jobs were simple. I stood at the entrance to the campground with a red flag and waved in approaching trucks pulling Airstream trailers. I used our radios to relay the number of the arrivals to Becky, who gave them their site numbers and other park information. 

It was interesting to me that you could turn into this campground from three directions. We had fellow caravaners who arrived from all three directions while following the same directions. How does that happen? Of course the answer is that Apple Maps, Google, Garmin and the many other GPS systems in use all came up with their own shortcuts to the park. 

There were more than 100 sites in this campground. The roads inside this park were paved with gravel. 

Walking Suzy in the campground

Some of our activities from this campground included a swamp tour and a visit to an alligator skin studio where they made purses, wallets and boots. We also visited a large Catholic Church that had an amazing tree on the side of the building. 

Dinner for the gator?

Becky putting that gator in his place

Part of our group leaving for the swamp tour

The local Catholic church

A huge tree on the side of the church

One of the exciting things while in the campground happened in the middle of the night. We had a severe thunderstorm and ended up turning on the air conditioner's fan to help drown out the sound of heavy rain and constant thunder. Our Yorkie dog wanted to be under the covers and right next to us. 

It took more than a day for the standing water to drain off some sites. We were fortunate in that Rosie was dry and the puddles on our site were away from Rosie. 

We learned that several people on our caravan tested positive for COVID. We would learn about another testing positive the next day. We decided to be cautious and isolate ourselves from the group. We ended up leaving this campground and our caravan one day early. 

Here are some specifics about this campground:

• There were multiple loops in the campground
• Our site was a pull-through 
• Most sites could be classified as "full sun" as trees were few and far apart
• Most sites had some space on both sides
• Our site was paved with gravel and we needed to use leveling tools to correct a side-to-side lean in Rosie, our Airstream trailer. 
• Our site had 20, 30 and 50 amp electrical service. The site next to us had only 50 amp service 
• Our site had a water connection
• Our site had a sewer connection 
• There were several small trash dumpsters scattered around the campground. It was easy to walk to one with your trash
• The bathhouse was under renovation while we were in the campground and was unusable
• The park provided WiFi service 
• AT&T provided 2 bars of 5G voice and data service over our campsite 
• We were able to watch ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, NBC and PBS using Rosie’s TV antenna. Digital channels seen were Antenna-TV, Bounce, Buzzr, Grit, H&I, ION, LAFF, ME-TV, MY-TV and Stadium
• There were restaurants and shopping nearby
• This was a pet friendly park