Thursday, March 27, 2003
Country Livin' RV Park, Ajax, LA - Mar 25-27
This is a small Passport America park near I49 about 40 miles southeast of Shreveport. It was inexpensive (due to our PA membership -- a "half-price" camping club) and a very pleasant place to stay. We visited the nearby historic town of Natchitoches (pronounced NAK-i-tesh for some unknown reason) and the surrounding Cane River National Heritage Area. The town (est 1714) is the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase and has many interesting old buildings. The site along Cane River Lake (a portion of former river that is now a very long lake) was gorgeous with lovely homes and flowers of every type blooming. We drove through the surrounding historic area, which has many antebellum plantations. 
We stopped at Oakland Plantation, owned & managed by the US Park Service & currently in the process of being restored, but still interesting to see. The tour was one of the oddest that we have ever experienced, due to the young tour guide who did not hold back with her unusual opinions & plans for her life. Another day we drove west to the banks of Toledo Bend Reservoir, formed by the damming of the Sabine River, which is the border between LA & TX.
We went to several parks along the banks and were able to see our first Yellow-throated Warbler. What a gorgeous bird!!
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 5:13 PM 
