Cajun country is addictive.

Where are we today ?

Betty's Rv Park Abbeville Louisiana

       Great sleep last night windows open and not too cold, we will take this weather here. Morning coffees and a nice walkabout around the block behind the park. So quiet here on the edge of town, a bit of traffic but no big deal.

saw this boat in a fellows front yard,  assuming a
swamp boat of some kind,motor and huge
wheel at the back operated hydraulically

across from the boat right behind our site
a nice looking horse in the yard

         Now we (I) wanted some real Cajun food and there is a lot of choices here in this area, every restaurant serves some Cajun/ creole food of some sort. A recommendation from Croft was to go to Suires in Kaplan about 9 miles away, right in the middle of nowhere.

a nice country drive

this the place

       You know its good when all the locals are here in the country, parking lot full of pickup trucks.

      We arrived about 11:30 and they were very busy, take out and eat in orders. Seems everyone knew every one. Very friendly people here. Once the lady here found out we were new to the area and our first time there she showed us the ropes.

menus on the outside too

          We  already knew what we wanted the Seafood platter to share. Included fried shrimp, fried oysters, fried catfish fillet, crab pattie, shrimp pattie, shrimp etoufee, french fries, shrimp gumbo a fresh bun and lemon cake for desert. $18.49 for the 2 of us and was almost more than we could eat, but we did manage. Suzie found the Gumbo a bit too spicy for her , but then she is only a salt and pepper person. I found the whole meal absolutely amazing. Loved the spices and huge portions.

check out their website HERE

Love the salt and pepper holder an Alligator
wanna play checkers?

the store part

         While waiting for lunch we browsed the store checking the pictures on the wall and newspaper articles, what a great collection.

family picture of the Suire family

newspaper articles from the New York Times

         Not only all this  real good cajun food but fresh baked goodies too.

Pecan pies just out of the oven

everything looks so good

our meal started with the Shrimp gumbo
and home made potato salad.
notice the crawfish tablecloth

           Then came the main course now, such wonderful lightly coated and tasty seafood. All fresh made and hot. Notice the fine china? This place is about good food, reasonable prices and friendly good service.  This is the kind of Ma and Pa place that we would frequent, so many great menu items to choose from all homemade too.

that was a very tasty Cajun fix,
not real healthy but oh so good!

         Then we toured about of the country side a different route on the way back to Betty's, past many acres of Sugar Cane fields, so interesting and different.

           Now back home I took the car to the do it your self carwash around the corner for a real good cleaning, even was in shorts and t'shirt for the afternoon. Back home we took some time to enjoy reading outside for a while until 4:30. Then time for Betty's Happy Hour (s). More new people today and more snacks again. No need for supper when you are here, everybody brings something to to nibble on, enjoy your beverage and the conversation just flows. We all introduce ourselves and it just explodes from there.
         A few pics of some snacks below, plus crackers, cheese, pepperoni, sausage rolls, etc....

chicken wings

boudin and cracklin

more wings, scoops and salsa

      Good conversation,  meeting new people tell stories, a few laughs, just plane old good times and socializing that's what Betty's is all about.

Then  of course this is Betty

             I mentioned some of our fellow rv'ers (bloggers) that have been here and she remembers them all, Mary Pat, Croft, John and Sharon, Larry and Marilyn just to name a few.

            Now we had a wonderful day. Enjoying pretty nice weather, Cajun country, friendly people and some new taste sensations, make for a pretty decent time here.

           Thanks for dropping by again and ya'll come back soon eh?

Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle.

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