Baton Rouge

Our first "Walmart" stop and it was not to bad, we know why they do it we spent four times as much as a park would have been! To be honest we were nervous to start with until four other RV's pulled up. We bought a fresh pizza from Walmart and just put it in our oven, it was real nice, nothing like you get back home from Woolies. So we heated our pizza and turned all the lights off opened all the blinds and had a red wine as we people watched, you have to remember Walmart is open 24 hours so we also had a security guard to keep us safe. So a free nights stay and only a 15 minute drive to the dealer to get the shower fixed.
Me taking Rose out for pizza in a Walmart car park


We pulled into the dealer right on opening and were first in line, we explained the problem and they were onto it. In the meantime we checked out all the other new fifth wheelers, mmm they were great next time I could be tempted to go bigger! They had a special on to install some Maxair vent covers which had been recommended to us so we got them installed while we were there, now we can leave the roof vents open even if it rains and no panicking if the weather changes while we are out.

We arrived at New Orleans just on dusk and our first impressions of the park were a shock to say the least. We thought our GPS had taken us the wrong way as we headed down a bumpy concrete road into what looked like a disused industrial area, well it was, my first thoughts, bloody GPS, second thoughts where can I turn this thing around! So we kept going and found the entrance to the park, very nice indeed, but still nervous. We go to the nice new office, raised of course as the park is on the "other" side of the levy. We were met by a very cheerful and lovely girl who welcomed us, now we are thinking, this will be ok. We got the full run down of the park and we were impressed, security gates, a restaurant and bar and a shuttle bus to the French quarter. We booked in for 3 nights.

We were guided to our site by a young bloke Sean, he said to let him know if we needed anything as he would be around. We set up and start planning what we would do for the next 2 days.
The view from our lounge room


Next morning a quick walk around the park and we bumped into Sean, I asked about filling our gas bottle, no worries before we got back he had picked it up, filled it and returned it to our site, what great service, this bloke loved his job and was great to chat to. Sean even picked up our garbage, you just put your trash out by ten and he picks it up and takes it away, a first for us in and RV park.


I wanted to go to Baton Rouge to see the home of the show called "Sons of Guns", this is a show on Foxtel where they do stuff with guns, they are armourer's by trade and my son who is also an armorer and I watch this show. Well we set of on the 60 mile trip along the interstate through the middle of New Orleans, just past peak hour and we are doing 60 mph through the city, keep up Ron, I'm doing 60 and I am the slowest truck on the highway! The drive was amazing, one section of the road is actually 22 miles of raised road, like the Hornibrook bridge in Brisbane but it goes for 22 miles crossing the low swampy land of Louisiana.

We found Red Jacket Firearms and met a security guard who quickly told us no one was around as production was finished but there was a shop front two doors up. We looked around the shop and who walks in but Kris and his wife Stephanie from the show, a quick intro and a photo and I am happy.


We jump in the truck and two seconds later Rose says, hey isn't that Will Hayden the owner, quick as a flash I am out of the truck and ask for a photo.


Photo done and I am real happy, even have the T shirt to prove it! So we drive around Baton Rouge for a bit then head back to New Orleans.

Driving home we are met with a traffic jam due to an accident on the "high rise" we think this is the highest part of the freeway, nothing to do but plod along.


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Location:Louisiana