Went to a small church Sunday morning in Newellton, LA - very, very friendly people - about 20 came up to greet us. Very nice feeling. Headed south and about 4 PM decided it was time to stop. Found the St. Landry Parish Ag Arena and asked permission to park in their field. Large grassy, level area and quiet! No one around. Made pasta with left-over chicken and carmelized onions and red/orange peppers. Yummmy!
Today, had a lazy morning, ate roast beef Po-Boys at Joe's Sandwich Shop right down the road (also yummy), then took a ride to the Sherberne Wildlife Management Area near Krotz Springs, LA. Had camped here on our 2001-02 trip and decided to check it out again. Huge area next to the Big Alabama Bayou. This is the campground area. Very pretty!
Also went for a walk on the Nature Trail - about a mile through dense hardwood forest. Scared up a barred owl and I was able to go right up to it and take its pix just like it was posing. Also spotted a beautiful monarch butterfly on the walk. Mother nature provides such wonderful camophlage - when the owl was sitting on the tree, it looked just like the bark...and the butterflies coloring seemed to change to the color of the leaves on the forest floor.
Along the way, we spotted a church with an old cemetery on one side (burials around 1924) and the new one on the other side with the above-ground burial vaults.
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