Last Week at Betty's RV Park

Our whirlwind times at Betty's have come to an end after one more week of music, food, fun and friends. Many people passed through the park this week right up to our last evening when three RVs that did not have reservations pulled in during happy hour. We met them all, but I do not remember their names. Our time here is always great! Over 150 people have passed through the park while we were here, we got to hear music at many different venues, including here at Betty's, and we ate at nearly 20 restaurants. Being here sure lives up to Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler.    

On Friday it was back to B's in Kaplan for our last taste of mudbugs. Michelle and Harold had never eaten them or seen how they are cooked, so I took them into the kitchen so they could check out how they are boiled.

Everyone from the park went, so we split into two groups filling several tables. It is amazing that they served everyone at the same time. 

There were twenty-five of us. While we waited for the food we had a chance to share stories with all our friends. As soon as the food arrived it got really quiet.

Look at the size of these crawfish and, like last week, the price was great. Betty is always prepared with her rubber gloves. 

Our Quebec friends started with five pounds, since Michelle and Harold had not had them before, but after a taste they ordered three more pounds. This was our last chance to see Rick and Mado on this visit as they were only staying for a couple days. We are already looking forward to seeing them next year.  Hopefully, it will be a longer stay. 

 

Here is something I have never seen. Brenda looks like she may have a new idea for a horror movie,

 The Revenge of the Claws of the Mudbugs!:-)

The mudbugs were very popular and B's has moved to the top our list for the biggest at the best price.

We went to the Cypress Bayou Casino a few times with Betty and we were not very lucky. I lost enough money that a guest and I were invited to a "free" concert and meal. The band was Don Rich, who played at Betty's in February, so we were not going to miss it.  He is GREAT!!!   

Betty and her friend Joyce had enough tickets that Gloria, Richard and Lynn also got to go. The music was great, the food was good and between Richard, Lynn, Nanc and I we had enough food money on our casino cards that we bought two cakes for the Sunday happy hour.

Check out Betty acting like a teeny bopper swooning over Don Rich. She got his attention and he came down and gave the ladies big hugs. If you are in Louisiana and want to hear great music from a great guy make sure you hear The Don Rich Band. 

Sunday started with Jim and Justine leaving. When they pulled in they said they thought we had met before. It turns out they were at the Escapade in Tucson and recognized us. We are looking forward to seeing them in Sedalia next month. 

Because we went to the casino on Saturday, we we missed the Cajun jam session. So on Sunday we went to Smiley's Bayou Club to hear Donnie Brousard. It was a great time and we got to see our friend Ollie one last time, but I failed to get a picture.

Monday was the last happy hour for George, Linda, Harry, Carlene, Jan and Bill. Jan looks like she is sad about leaving.  It was great seeing them and we are looking forward to seeing them at the Escapade in Sedalia.  

Here at Betty's people leave, but new people are always coming in. Here pictured left to right are Glen, Deb, Steve, Lynn, Steve, Dory, Richard, Lynn, Walter and Becky at happy hour. Some of them are full timers and some are part timers. Walter and Becky got the word while they were here that their house had sold, so they are now full timers.

Tuesday we had our last lunch at the Riverfront with Irene, Gloria, J.C., Nanc, Betty, Pricilla, David, Wendell, Ruth, Lynn and Richard. It is sad to be leaving but we will be seeing some of these people on our upcoming travels.

We were the last of six rigs pulling out on Wednesday, so our good-bye group was very small. Not to worry about so many people leaving, because Betty had five new rigs coming in that day. While we are always sad to leave here remember, you can't come back if you don't leave and we will get to see Betty and many other friends in September on the Betty's RV Park 20th anniversary cruise.

Our first stop was Discount Tire in Abbeville to take care of a slow leak on one of the inside tires. They found the valve was leaking which meant the place in Pennsylvania where we had the tires replaced had not changed the valve like I asked them to do. Good news, the leak appears to be taken care of. Bad news, they scratched the paint when they were tightening the lugs nuts. It seems to me that almost every time we have work done on Opus it is always both good and bad news. 

We took a different route, 190 to Texas, to stay off I-10. It was good road with much less traffic then the interstate. We are staying at Rainbows End in Livingston for a week to get Opus cleaned up and have a couple issues worked on while we are here. We will then have three and a half weeks to explore Texas Hill Country, Little Rock, Arkansas and Missouri on our way to the Escapade in Sedalia.