Life as a Yowler

In case anyone was wondering the type of things little boys figure out after living in a motor home for a month, here is an example. If you throw your sister’s scarf at the air conditioner while it’s running, the scarf will stick.

Today started off pretty abruptly. I was awoken and in a panic. I was ready to grab the kids and flee the motor home thinking it was on fire. Turns out it was just the oldest child, Brandon blowing a duck call to wake me up. Just glad he got that out of his system.

Brandon’s store training this morning was in Baton Rouge. We were out of fresh groceries, so I ran into a grocery store right by Haverteys. In case anyone is curious what a gallon of milk costs in Baton Rouge, let me fill you in…..$7 people. Yes, you read that right.

After the store training we traveled to New Orleans. Both Brandon and myself have never been here before. This campground is jam packed. There’s barely any room between sites. Along with that there are no pull through sites here at the campground. So we had to unhook the trailer and van and reverse the RV into our site. By we I mean Brandon. My job is always to get out and direct Brandon. At this campground they have a staff person who helps all motor home drivers reverse into the site. I loved it. I completely got out of my job and just relaxed. I forgot to mention that I did drive the RV the other day for just a little bit. All of Brandon’s dreams came true. He wants me to learn to drive so bad. There is just something about driving a 36 foot vehicle and endangering my entire family that terrifies me. In a regular vehicle I have a much better driving record than Brandon. I’ve never even gotten a speeding ticket(did I really just admit that?). Brandon does great driving big machinery, including motor homes, and I have his Grandpa Walker to thank for teaching him how to.

After we set up camp we went and toured a plantation. The Destrehan Plantation is the oldest plantation home in the lower Mississippi valley. It was very interesting for me. It was eye opening and sobering. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable. Overall the kids did very well. They learned a lot and asked a lot of questions.

This fireplace was in the warming kitchen. The main kitchen was in a separate building outside the home.

They had a list of names of enslaved people on the plantation. It includes their name, age, any handicaps or disabilities, and their worth in a dollar value. It just makes me so sick to think about. We took a minute out of respect and remembered them and honored them.

Pictures with four are nearly impossible.

We ran accross a really cool restaurant called The Backyard and ate there for dinner. The tables were outside and there was space for kids to run around and play.

There was a playset and lots of other kids to play with.

After dinner, we went for a walk along the Mississippi River walkway. It was beautiful. We watched the ships in the river.

We walked until dark then came back and  put kids to bed and prayed they sleep like rocks.