Louisiana Good Eats?

Jan 26/16  Weather - 90% chance of rain today, high of 60, low of 41  in Lafayette, Louisiana.  Once again we joined the 2:30 club.   Off the road and found a pull thru site at the KOA Lafayette. 
Billy felt like driving farther but with the rain persistent most of the day he gave in easily when I suggested we stop for the day.

2 lanes going both ways in Mobile tunnel

When you enter Mobile, Alabama from the East side you immediately go through the tunnel.

inside the tunnel at Mobile

It seems so much brighter and cleaner to us than the Detroit/Windsor tunnel.  Motoring on we passed through Mississippi, bypassing New Orleans on Interstate 12 and then back onto interstate 10 again we spotted the Louisiana state sign.

Welcome to Louisiana

 At this exact moment we had on our Sirius radio channel Margaritaville listening to Jimmy Buffett singing "Louisiana"!!!!!   Now is that a good travel omen??  We think so.

Mild Boudin on the left, Cracklin in the middle, spicy boudin on the right

Next door to the KOA was an eatery that I just had to find out about.  Billy's Boudin.  What is boudin??  Wikipedia says~ A white sausage made of pork without the blood. Pork liver and heart meat are typically included. In Cajun versions, the sausage is made from a pork rice dressing (much like dirty rice), which is stuffed into pork casings.  What have we got to loose?  We have to try it right?    And later we get a sampling of crawfish too.  

This is the leftover part,   I ate the meat out of the tail. 

Jan 21 - 23 Just outside New Orleans, Louisiana - Slidell

Weather - Warm high 70's, Humid, Humid, Humid
On I10 driving into Mobile, Alabama you have to go over a big bridge and then down under a tunnel.  Billy was wondering where are we going???  It was a good size - width and height..... phew.

Everything I read said DO NOT take a motorhome into the core of New Orleans.  Old roads, bumpy, tight areas and heaven help you if you make a wrong turn and end up in Vieux Carre which is the Old Section translated and better known as The French Quarter.   So we were wise and stayed 30 miles out in East New Orleans in a suburb called Slidell.   So glad we did.  N O has not really recovered from Katrina and that was August 2005; so sad.  Miles and miles of housing, businesses, stores still show much in disrepair.  Crime is rampant downtown, and the locals warn you to BE CAREFUL; which also translates into Rosey and Billy do not take the motorcycle downtown as well.   First day we road around the area here which is miles of swamp and bayou and in the town we found a crazy "Drive in, Diner, Dive" place from the Food Network show.   Ha, ha oh yes it was a Dive for sure..... but we loved it.   The place was called La Pines Cafe and it was packed.  I had the Poor Man's Egg's Benedict which was homemade biscuit, topped with spicy sausage and poached egg then smothered with sausage gravy!!!!