Red Shoes RV Park, Kinder, LA

Well, I guess we haven't done a post in a long time, so, it's probably time to do another one. We're in Kinder, LA at a park that's part of an Indian casino. The facility itself is quite nice. Large rv sites, a lake, tennis courts and, of course, the casino. The weather has been warm, upper 80's, with some fairly heavy rain on Thursday and really humid. Getting used to the humidity again after Arizona and west Texas has been interesting. Everything outside is wet in the morning.

What's been strange is the dramatic culture change between the western half of the journey and the eastern half. When we were out west, people in the parks tended to be pretty friendly. People waved at you all the time, were friendly in the stores and, many times, wanted to stop to chat. East Texas and Louisiana have been quite the opposite. No one waves or says hi. In the stores and restaurants many of the staff are downright surly. And boy, are the campers different! At this campground lots of people drive in with their trailers or buses and have another smaller trailer on the back with a golf cart. I can't remember the last time I saw so many grossly overweight people. Also, all of the campgrounds have rules about no noise after 10 p.m. Well, that is pretty much ignored here. That, along with the beer bottles scattered around in the morning.

We only have a bit over 400 miles to go to get to Florida, but I'm afraid we're going to run into the same thing in eastern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and north Florida. If so, this is going to stop being fun in a big hurry. We're going to be staying in this area until Wednesday to avoid the 4th of July traffic and then probably the next stop will be Biloxi MS, then Florida.

Honestly, if we encounter the same sort of attitudes in Florida, we're liable to head up to Wisconsin for awhile and then go back to Arizona in the fall. The last couple of weeks have just been such a disappointment.