The first three days of travel

We left the Valley just after 10 and picked up a folding picnic table at Borderland in Mercedes. We made good time to Odem where we always fuel up. This time gas was cheaper in the Valley. We cruised along until the construction traffic jam in Houston. After that we drove on to Baytown where we ate at a Red Lobster and stayed in a Wal-Mart. Gas was $2.01 in Orange. We never passed a church on the way where we could worship. We both missed worshipping but did listen to some Key Life messages as we drove. We also listened to a CD made by Pastor Edge featuring music our choir had planned to sing. The songs were taken from a Michael W. Smith album.
We slept late and drove on to Vanity Fair outlet in Iowa, LA. There was a restaurant with a great Cajun buffet that had been recommended by a manager at the Vanity Fair. It was as good as he said. We liked the crawfish etoufee and pork Jambalya. We pushed on to Acadia Park in Lafayette. We called Jimmy and Betty Trahan, asking them to come for strawberry shortcake. They did and we made plans to go to their house for gumbo on Monday. We stayed in for the evening.
We slept late again and walked for 40 minutes, spotting some early blackberries that we plan to get tomorrow morning. We dressed and went to Trahan's for some fantastic gumbo containing chicken, sausage, turkey neck and pork. Those Cajuns really know how to make Cajun food. We left and went to the city library to dump e-mails. After a late afternoon nap, we went to Mulate's in Breaux Bridge. Jake Delahomme was not there, but we like to dance and had a good time. There was a tour group from Britain and Australia that had hired a couple of Cajun dance instructors to teach them some Cajun moves. We wanted to have the couple dance with us, showing us some steps, but they had been hired to work with the tour. We left there early headed for Prejean's where we had hoped to dance more. They had no dance floor and were closed at 9:00 PM so we went home. We have tried them for the last time. Tomorrow evening we will try our favorite: Randol's.