Ep. 286: Louisiana Beach Boondocking | Rutherford Beach Creole Cameron Parish

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• GR

  @GrandAdventure · 3 years ago · pinned

  Folks, I am so sorry...I fell asleep in the recliner and missed our own Premiere!

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• BR

  @brandiduhon3565 · 3 years ago

  I am from Creole and grew up a few miles from Rutherford Beach. Over night we lost our entire town. I never found my home, and most came back to a pile of bricks or empty piers. Generations of family lived next door to each other, Sunday dinners at Grandma’s house, sitting on the porch swing during a cool evening breeze, family crawfish boils, Friday night football games, riding on the beach, duck hunting and fishing, boat riding and tubing, fresh vegetables from the garden, fresh seafood, getting together to pray the Rosary for someone or having a benefit for them, the pageants had a packed auditorium and Fur & Wildlife Festivals with your whole family when the streets of Cameron were lined with people cooking and dancing to Cajun/French music. You could walk down the street with a beer, a shotgun, a fried shrimp on a stick, and a neck full of parade beads. Those of us that grew up south of the Gibstown Bridge will never fill that hole in our hearts. We try to build make shift camps to be able to spend a little time there but the restrictions have become so tedious and expensive which each storm and most people just can’t afford it. Rita was overshadowed by Katrina and we never get the coverage New Orleans and Florida get but their communities get rebuilt, ours don’t! So thank you so much for documenting our lost community❤❤❤

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• JO

  @johnfairchild3421 · 3 years ago

  That’s where I Learned to Swim. A long time ago

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• PE

  @PeeWeeHenson · 3 years ago

  DUDE!!!!!    THAT'S THE VIEW THAT MAKES STARING AT THE OCEAN WORTH IT.  THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

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• RI

  @richardbrousseau4799 · 2 years ago

  looks too good to be true ! a snowbird from Canada could spent the whole winter boondocking there ! wow...

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• DE

  @debfry8041 · 3 years ago

  Ahhh.....you found a good one!!!!  My husband, Mike and I are traveling in a Class A Motorhome,  Last winter, we went to Rutherford Beach and boondocked for 2 and a half weeks.  It was wonderful!  Time seemed to stand still, even though we would see the sun come up in the east, track overhead until it set in the west, in beautiful sunsets.  Commercial fishermen were dragging their nets full of fish back to their ports.  The offshore oil rigs were silhouetted against the horizon.  One of the campers, a single man, would come out of his RV with a bagpipe, and play on the beach, as the sun set.  Such a beautiful treasure to find!  We are going back when we find ourselves in that region again! We enjoyed your video, remembering how much we loved our stay here!  Thank you!

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• JI

  @jillop2614 · 3 years ago

  I have been going to this beach all my life.

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• JO

  @joesoutdoorplaces · 3 years ago

  Too bad you could not have visited pre Hurricane Rita in 2005. I still live visiting this area but it was amazing before Rita. As a Louisiana resident I must say you did an excellent job chronicling your visit to the area.

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• FL

  @fli8ni8 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I live in Lake charles, and I enjoy it every summer. it's quite peaceful out there and love the colorful sky in evening 😀 thank you.

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• LA

  @laughingram7287 · 3 years ago

  What a sweet boondocking spot!<br><br>I like the idea about the trash bags and the dumpsters. No excuse for not helping out.<br><br>Two more batteries???<br>You keep adding batteries, your’re going to need to tow an extra trailer! 😉<br><br>We finally added a solar panel onto our rig. That along with our portable OKMO power pack allowed us recently to easily go ten days without having to run our generator. It’s nice to wake up in the morning and have a cup of expresso without having to get out and start the generator!<br><br>Nice to see some boondocking again.<br><br>Thank you,<br>Ram<br>👍🏼👍🏾

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• 50

  @50spudman · 3 years ago

  👍✌️

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• KI

  @kimblanchard5597 · 3 years ago

  I go often and really enjoyed your video. Boondocking, birding and beach combing are always fun at Rutherford Beach. &nbsp;Thanks for mentioning the trash pickup!

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