12/24 – Left Destin, Florida at 13:30 and got to Breaux Bridge, Louisiana around 21:30. We rented a Bayou Cabin for our Christmas! Crazy to think that this time last year we were anchored off Cabo San Lucas.
12/25 – Christmas morning in cabin on Bayou Teche. Family meal with Claire’s Father’s cousins. The Copeland side that lives in Lafayette. Chinese food for late night Christmas dinner.
12/26 – Checked out of our Bayou Cabin 12:00 noon. Went to Hub City Diner. Tight city driving with the trailer. Almost took out a street pole on a skinny turn, held up traffic for a minute. Stayed another day/night with Joe and Camille Copeland. Claire learned a lot about her Father’s side of the family.
12/27 – Lights on the trailer were acting up. Joe’s neighbor Leo came over and helped me trouble shoot the issue. After checking all possibilities, the trailer is fine. We got it all to work, we just need to leave the headlights on while we drive. Left the Copeland’s beautiful home around 15:30 and hopped on the I-10 West towards Texas.
355 miles
our Bayou Cabin! [link]
right on the Bayou Teche [link]
Piña loved the porch
Piña’s new Christmas toy
facetiming the fam
We trucked our Christmas presents all the way from North Carolina, and even acquired more along the way! Thank you all friends and family for making sure we had a wonderful Christmas morning on the road!
Claire jumped right into the Chinese Christmas game with her distant relatives whom she had never met before.
Claire’s Granmother Jane (dads mom)
on the left is her sister Elizabeth and in the middle the youngest Alice
Robert Copeland
Robert Copeland’s late wife Lillian Mae Insley
Where Claire gets her middle name.
Lillian’s parents
Lillian and Robert – Jane’s parents
Joe and Camille Copeland
Joe is Bob Copeland’s son and Claire’s Dad’s cousin
Piña taking advantage of her windowsills
Backed that big girl up onto the Copeland’s lawn
Louisiana is a very comforting state, one of our favorites
Joe and Camille’s cozy living room
Camille’s gumbo!
crawdad
Claire got a generous Panera gift certificate for Christmas from her Father Rob!
Well thought out. Healthy meals. Free/fast wifi. Many locations along our I-10 route.
Christmas eve. See our tree?
Can’t go through Louisiana without getting it.
The Copeland’s
Designed by Joe Copeland – Architect
Joe helping cut a small groove in the trunk lining so that we don’t keep crushing the trailer wires
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