Our journey to this campground included an unplanned stop. We noticed a problem with Rosie, our Airstream trailer, and Foley RV/Airstream of Mississippi’s service department said they could fix it. We arrived at Foley RV early on a Monday and unhitched knowing that we were a “work in.”
We were very grateful when John, their service manager, told us around noon that the repairs were done and we could continue on to our first campground on the WBCCI Cajun Caravan.
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| Foley RV/Airstream of Mississippi |
The office was closed when we arrived at the Cajun Heritage RV Park. One of the camp hosts came to our rescue and guided us to our assigned site. That was our first experience taking with someone with a strong Cajun accent. I'm not sure what we talked about as I rode to our site in his golf cart, but it was enjoyable.
There was a problem with our site. It had a tree too close to the site’s entrance. The camp host moved us to another site and we were thankful for that.
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| Sign at this campground |
It was interesting when the camp store opened. Sure, it had the normal snack and camping supplies found in camp stores. It also had an amazing selection of liquors.
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| Rosie in the campground |
It was interesting to watch the other Airstream trailers arrive for the caravan. It didn't take long for the park to fill with beautiful aluminum trailers.
This campground was interesting in that there was a huge area of grass in the middle of the campground. That made us feel as if we were camping in a large park.
All the roads in this park were dusty gravel. We were amazed at how quickly our truck, Rosie and our dog were covered with dust.
Our group traveled to Baton Rouge from this campground. Our youngest son earned a degree from LSU in Baton Rouge, so we were warned by him about the traffic there. It appeared that traffic problems were worse this time.
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| Inside the "old" Governor's Mansion |
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| At the "old" State Capital |
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| Inside the "old" State Capital |
Both Apple and Google Maps warned us of a 45 minute delay on our route to Baton Rouge then suggested an alternative route. We found ourselves on dirt roads and using a one-lane bridge to get to our destination. We were glad we were not pulling Rosie on that trip!
One of our “must do’s” in Baton Rouge was to visit LSU. There is a plaque near the Manship School of Mass Communication honoring our son. We were proud parents and glad we had an opportunity to see his plaque.
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| Proud parents at LSU |
We also saw Mike the Tiger, LSU’s mascot. Mike was enjoying a nap while we were there.
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| Suzy meets LSU's statue of Mike the Tiger |
There was a big change in weather our last day in this park. It turned cold and rainy. We were glad we hitched up the night before we had to leave for our next adventure.
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| It rained while in this campground |
Here are some specifics about this campground:
- There were multiple loops in the campground
- Our site was a back in
- Our site had a little shade
- Most sites had some space on both sides
- Our site was paved with gravel and dirt and we needed to use leveling tools to correct a side-to-side lean in Rosie
- Our site had 20, 30 and 50 amp electrical service
- Our site had a water connection
- Our site had a sewer connection
- Our sewer connection was about a foot off the ground. That meant gravity would never be able empty Rosie’s tanks
- The trash dumpster was in the middle of the campground. It was easy to walk there with your trash
- There was a bathhouse in the campground. It was hopelessly outdated and frequently out of necessary supplies
- The park advertised that it provided WiFi service. According to the office, it has been broken since the last storm
- Speaking about the office and the camp store, this was the first campground store that could double as a liquor store
- AT&T provided 2 bars of 5G voice and data service over our campsite
- We were able to watch ABC, Fox, NBC and PBS using Rosie’s TV antenna. Digital channels seen were Antenna-TV, Circle, Court-TV, CW, H&I, LAFF, ME-TV and My-TV
- There were restaurants and shopping nearby
- This was a pet friendly park
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| Selfie at the campground |
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