Leaving LA—Louisiana, not Los Angeles

We were supposed to meet Roland Simon for lunch Saturday, but he was sick and could not meet us.  We went to the Acadiana Mall, once again pursuing a dress.  Do you know we couldn’t find a suitable one anywhere in that mall.  We are convinced that no one is making dresses with any kind of short sleeves.  We searched all over that mall.  Of course there were trendy ones for young women but none for Evelyn.  We went to the Piccadilly cafeteria where we usually go with Roland and were going to have crawfish etouffee, but they were in the process of making it.  Instead of waiting 12 minutes, we had catfish and gumbo instead. 
The manager was kind enough to bring us some etouffee to go since we couldn’t wait.  He didn’t charge us for it.  We returned to the Sleep Inn where we nearly always stay and rested.  We went back into town to meet Jimmy and Betty Trahan at a different restaurant—the Hub City Diner.  We visited with them and I enjoyed a better bowl of gumbo than I had enjoyed at noon.  We returned to the motel instead of dancing at Randol’s as we usually do.  This was the first time we can ever remember being in Lafayette but not dancing at all.  Evelyn’s knee was hurting and her throat was still a bit sore.

We dressed for church, and I went to the Best Stop to get some Cajun supplies for the summer.  We loaded the car and trailer with our goods.  We really made use of the 4 day cooler we won in Texas.  The things we had stored in the freezer at the motel were quite solid and will remain so until we get to Stacy’s or even Waynesville.  We went to the Bible study and worship service at Faith Lutheran before hitting the road for Meridian, MS.  We saw some people we recognized at church and were blessed by the message and the worship service.  One couple we danced with a couple of years ago didn’t seem to recognize us and took off before we could get to talk with them.  We have been able to get fuel for our car for around $3.28-3.39 most of the way.  I thought we would never see prices lower than in those in the Valley, but we even found $3.23 in Meridian.  We packed into the Sleep Inn in Meridian and enjoyed the etouffee from yesterday with some boudin from Friday night.  We watched a movie in the motel and will be ready for the trip to Atlanta tomorrow.