Cajun Camp, April 2010

During April, 2010, we toured to Louisiana by way of Iowa, Missouri and Arkansas as well as thru Mississippi and Tennesse on the return trip. The emphasis was on Cajun Culture - history, music and cuisine. We referred to the trip as our own Cajun Elderhostel or Cajun Camp as we camped out a lot.

• Events Attended
  • MOGA
  • "Cajun camp"
  • International Music Festival
  • Baton Rouge Blues Festival
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  Cultural Centers and Historic Sites Visited
  • Prairie Cajun Cultural Center - Eunice (LA)
  • Acadian Cultural Center - Lafayette (LA)
  • Vermillionville - Lafayette (LA)
  • Longfellow/Evangeline State Historic Site - St. Martinsville (LA)
  • Rosedown Plantation - St. Francisville (LA)
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  Other places we visited
  • Stone Hill Winery - Hermann (MO)
  • Clinton Library - Little Rock (AR)
  • The Old Mill - North Little Rock (AR)
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  Where'd we stay
  • Indian Creek Recreation Area - Monroe (MO)
  • Hot Springs National Park (AR)
  • Lake Caterine SP (AR)
  • Lake D'Arbonne SP (LA)
  • Lake Chicot SP (LA)
  • motel Lafayette LA
  • Lake Fausse Point LA
  • motel Lafayette LA
  • motel Baton Rouge LA
  • motel Grenada MS
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  Our Itinerary
  • 4/8-4/11 Th-Sun at MOGA
  • 4/11 to Lake Wappapello SP in MO via Hermann and Gads Hill
  • 4/12 to Little Rock
  • Williams Baptist College, Clinton Library, The Old Mill, Biked along river
  • 4/13 to Hot Springs AR, hiked, toured Nat'l Park
  • 4/14 to Lake Catherine SP AR
  • 4/15 to Lake D'Arbonne SP LA
  • 4/16 Fri to Lake Chicot SP LA
  • 4/16-4/20 in Lake Chicot SP
  • 4/20 Tues to Lafayette
  • 4/21-22 Lake Fausse SP
  • 4/23 Fri back to Lafayette
  • 4/24 Sat to Baton Rouge
  • 4/25 Sun to MS
  • 4/26 Mon to home
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  What did we eat? many of these at a day-long boucherie (hog-roast)
  • Andouille
  • Backbone Stew
  • Beignets
  • Blacked Alligator
  • Boudin
  • Cracklins
  • Dirty Rice
  • Grawfish Etoufee
  • Grillades
  • Grits
  • Gumbo
  • Ham and Pork Sausage
  • Jambolaya
  • Kibbe
  • Pralines

Costs
• Miles = 3100
• Camping about $20/night
• Motels about $70/night
• Food
• Fees