More Fun Times in Betty's Web

The good times continue to roll at Betty's. Spring is such a fun time to be here, as many friends pass through on their way from their warm winter homes heading north for the summer. As always, there is a mix of old friends and many new ones.

Last year we visited Abshires Corner Store for the first time and found a wonderful place for a great lunch. When we go with a large group it is an all afternoon happening because this is the kitchen; a small grill, a two basket fryer and a stove. There were twenty people from Betty's with more than half wanting the fantastic Cajun shrimp salad. Since they only have room to cook the onions, peppers and shrimp for four salads at a time, it takes awhile. 

Here are Dan, Susan, Randy, Sue, John, Sharon, Irene, Charles, Sandy, Dan, Dick and Kathy.  A couple people who did not order salads already had their meals.

More of the crew; Steve, Penny, Monica Nanc, Merlene and Dan sitting at the counter since they don't have enough seats at the tables for all of us.

Everything is fresh and the grill has to been cleaned after each use. This little out of the way place in Meaux, Louisiana is well worth searching out. Make sure you have plenty of time because this is not a fast food restaurant, especially if you are with a big group.  We just turned it into a great social hour(s).

Another Thursday in March, so it is another Sounds on the Square under the giant oak trees in Magdalen Square. This weeks' group was Yvette Landry and the Jukes.

On another day John and Sharon took us to Acadian Park in Lafayette, another place we have never been to on our many visits to Cajun country. There are both natural trails and this boardwalk through the swamp and woods.

Of course, since we were with John an Sharon we knew we would see a snake, they always do. This little one was slowly swimming while looking for food.

There were many beautiful spring flowers in bloom.

The water was so far down, even the canoe launch was out of the water. Those cypress knees across the stream are usually in the water. Check out Acadian Park if you are looking for a nice hiking place near Lafayette. After the hike they took us to Olde Tyme Grocery, another unique little lunch place we had never been to.

Many of the RVers at Betty's do their morning walks in the neighborhood and often meet the locals. We talked to Jean at Sounds on the Square and learned he plans to RV to Newfoundland after his wife Karen retires. We invited them to check out Betty's famous happy hour so they could talk to everyone about their RV experiences. They did and are now officially "Caught in Betty's Web".

Into every life a "little" rain must fall and it sure did. Over six inches in just a few hours. The good news, it stopped and we were all high and dry in time for happy hour.

You never know what you will see here. A local fisherman stopped by to show off his catch of several really huge catfish that he caught in the bayou.

We decided we needed one last fix of Zydeco music at Buck and Johnny's Saturday morning Zydeco Breakfast in Breaux Bridge. 

Susan and Dan were the only other people in the park who wanted to get up real early for another fun morning of food and music.

The band this week was one of the best, Leroy Thomas and the Zydeco RoadRunners. As you can see he had the place rockin. He did a fantastic job singing Prince's Purple Rain, which he will be recording for release soon.

Susan, Leroy and Nanc hamming it up. If you ever get a chance to hear Leroy, don't miss it. As always, the Zydeco breakfast was great fun.

That same Saturday most of the RVers went to Touchet's for the Cajun jam session. Here are Karen, Linda, Diana, Nobby, Sue, Ernie, Dan and Gene enjoying the music. We met Gene and Diana at the Florida Keys Elks in December and told them about Betty's, so they added it to their to do list and plan to return. Someone else caught in Betty's web. 

More of Betty's RVers having a fun time in the Horny Corner at Touchet's.  From the left are Paul, Jerry, Mr. Curtis (a local), Betty, Gloria, Nanc, Reg, Mike, BJ, Susan and Dan.

Front are Paul and Sandy who are at Betty's for the first time and in the back are Wayne and Marlene who are really caught in Betty's web, stopping every spring for fifteen years.

Betty and Sharon, who often closes her eyes, when getting her picture taken,  Not this time:-)

It being a little chilly brought on a little silly when Marlene got out her warm winter stockings. You never know what will happen at Betty's RV Park.

Sunday dawned with a severe weather alert for the afternoon. That was a bummer as we wanted to go to the Boudin Festival in Scott. We did not want to miss it for both the great music and food.

After watching the approaching line of storms we decided we had time to hit the festival before the rain arrived. Here are Sue, Dan, Marlene and Wayne lining the rail to hear the music.

The music we wanted to hear was Geno Delafose and French Rockin Boogie, without a doubt our favorite Zydeco band. Good news, the foul weather held off long enough that we got to hear Geno.  Bad news, they cut his set short because the storm was fast approaching.

Dan, Dan, Merlene, Susan and Nanc gathering our chairs so we could get to our cars before we got wet. 

We made in back to Betty's and as you can see, this storm did not bring nearly as much rain as we had earlier in the week. It sure was nice of Nanc to brave the shower to get me a beer.

I have one more post about our busy last week at Betty's and another about our stop in Tallahassee to see a friend and tour the capitol. We are now back in our condo in Stuart and plan to stay here until after Memorial Day before heading north for the summer.