Joyce And Ernie's Big Adventure: Back In Texas

On Saturday October 27th, we left Savannah and headed to New Orleans. We spent Sunday wandering around New Orleans, and Monday morning we headed west to Duson, Louisiana. Monday evening we all went out for some good Cajun cooking and a little Zydeco music. Joyce and I had been to this restaurant 4 years ago, and we thought it was worth another visit. Everybody seemed to enjoy it, and some even spent quite a bit of time on the dance floor. On Tuesday, we hooked up with a local Swamp Tour guide for a 2 hour tour and dissertation on life on the swamps and bayous of Louisiana. It was another big hit among the tourists from Washington and Idaho. After the swamp Tour we headed over to Avery Island and took the Tabasco factory tour. Had a little lunch and learned all we needed to know about Louisiana's #1 pepper sauce.
Wednesday morning Joyce and Mike, & Jim and Marcella took off for Corpus Cristi, Texas. Joyce and I stuck around for one more day in Duson. We went to Breaux Bridge and checked out antique stores, and relaxed a little after our busy schedule the past couple of weeks.
Thursday morning we headed off to Carmine, Texas. We checked out a couple of antique stores, then found a place to eat. The next morning we left for Austin. We got together with Kristin and Cody Friday evening, and went to dinner a a chicken place that was very good. Saturday Joyce and Kristin went to Ikea while I took care of a few things. I even got propositioned by a hooker while getting gas in the car! That evening we went to dinner again with Kristin and Cody, Cody's parents, & his sister and her boyfriend. After dinner we taught them (Kristin & Cody) how to play fast track. And true to form, the guys won all 3 games.
Sunday evening we went to Kristin and Cody's for dinner, and played a new game (for us) called Banana grams. Joyce and I got skunked on that one.
Today (Monday) Joyce and I went to Lockhart to have lunch at the most well known BBQ joint in Texas, Kreutz's. The food was all very good, and I would say that other than the Salt Lick, this is the best BBQ I have had in Texas. This evening we will be meeting up with the kids again for dinner at a Cajun place in Austin. Tomorrow we'll be back on the road heading to Fort Stockton, Texas. Wednesday we will be in Carlsbad, New Mexico and joined back up Mike and Joyce, & Jim and Marcella. Thursday we'll see Carlsbad Caverns, and Friday we've got a tour scheduled at the Spaceport in the White Sands Proving Grounds near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Saturday we all head for Apache Junction, and that will bring to a close this phase of "The Big Adventure".