Feb 4th PM - Day Trip

We took a 150 mile drive this afternoon. The campground where we are staying is on the west side of Beaumont, close to I10. We drove down through Port Arthur, out to the Gulf, then across Hwy 82, back up Hwy 27 to Sulfur and then back to the campground. The stretch along the Gulf was desolate, in a way, yet there were several hundred homes and some fairly large energy company installations. One of the most interesting things is that there was not one grocery or significant convenience store on the entire stretch along the Gulf. Some of those folks have to drive 20-30 miles to get to a store. There were a couple of small gas stations along that area. They might have stocked a few, but very few, items.

I took the photo below as were coming down off one of the many bridges in the area. Note the canal that shows up behind the truck. Also, all the area way out looks like swamp.

Sure wished I knew what this was. It was several miles from the highway and must have been some type of crane mechanism. I wouldn't be surprised if I found out that it was 200' tall. There was no obvious road leading out to it.

We had a late lunch at LeBleu's in Sulfur, LA. The food was awesome. The sign said "Fine Cajun Cuisine" and it was spot on. I ate off the buffet and Kathy ordered several things off the menu. My only complaint was that it was so good that I overate until I was miserable. (We ate over 4 hours ago and I have walked about 2 miles since I got back to the campground. I'm still almost uncomfortably full.)

There were three meat (chicken & sausage, pork & beef) dishes, kind of like stews, on the buffet that were awesome when poured over rice. (There was also fish, fried chicken, boudin, rice, mashed potatoes, 2 bean dishes, green beans, etc. on the buffet). The food was spicy, but just right. By the time I had finished my head was sweating from the spices, but it was a good sweat <grin>. Kathy had shrimp & something gumbo, boudin (sausage) rolls, some type of crawfish pie & a baked sweet potato. She said everything was good. I don't think she managed to eat half of it. We brought home a large "to go" container.  In the one end of the building they had a meat market with pretty good prices (according to Kathy) on beef. She would have bought a prime rib if she thought it would fit in our motorhome freezer.

 



The morning was rainy but no rain after about 11AM, but no sun either. It was an enjoyable day.

May God bless you and yours.