We’re headed East to reach Florida for Christmas. I knew I wanted the kids to see New Orleans, but we needed another stop, and just a quickie. We’d heard many times that Crackerbarrel and Wal-mart both allow for free boondocking in their parking lots, so we thought we’d give it a shot in Sulpher, LA. We planned to stop at CrackerBarrel. In theory, this will save some Money! The problem is, if you eat a meal at Crackerbarrel, and you have extra time before or after to shop there too, odds are you’ll spend more than you would at a campground.
That’s just what we did. The kids were so excited by the “talking toucan”, that we ended up with one (among other things). Oh well. The camping was horrible too. Drunks walking by talking about joy riding on our bikes, refer truck parked in front of us running all night, road noise, and just generally feeling exposed unlike any campground. We didn’t sleep well!
The next day, we took off, and headed on east, planning to stop at Avery Island and the Tobasco Factory. The drive wasn’t too bad, and we enjoyed driving through the sparsely populated bayou. Traffic was light at Tobasco this day, and we had a nice laid-back visit. (and learned a ton)
