swampgrizzly

Thanks for the feedback. I was hoping to treat my disabled friend to a fun humous type day, but the conditions apparently will not be suitable. I'm thinking of taking him to the WW2 museum next weekend. It won't be a humorous type event, but should be interesting, and we can spend the day together without disability movement impediments.

Thanks for helping me put the event in a time period perspective. Unfortunately I have no horses or wagon.

Do you know if there is any handicapped parking available near the entrsnce?

I've tried calling the phone number listed on La. Renaissance Fest website. It never gets answered.

Does anyone know if there is handicapped parking available near the entrance?

Are there any mobility scooters or golf carts available to rent there?

If scooters or golf cart rentals are not available for rent at the festival grounds, then would such conveyances be allowed if you would bring your own?

Are the crowds so thick that it would make it difficult to use such mobility vehicles?

Thanks for all the recommendations. Will probably get to try several of them in time. Went to St. John's Restuarant in St. Martinvile this Thurs. It was really good. Had the best crab cakes I've ever had in "Louisiana" as a 78 yr. old native. Only crab cakes I've had that were better than St. John's Restaurant were Maryland crab cakes in the better restuarants of the Baltimore and Chesapeake Bay area. St. John's dinner rolls with "Stein cane syrup infused butter" are fantastic. I could have eaten a half dozen of those. I will go back again!

Which are the better restuarants in or near Breaux Bridge? I did a search under this forum and nothing comes up.

I acquired some typical souvenirs from many places that are no where to be found anymore in my home. However, 3 things from long ago have stayed with me through many decades regardless of where I have lived.: A beautiful mountain stream weathered, somewhat large, rock picked up from a stream while descending Mt. Le Conte in the Smokies Mountains. An ivy plant cutting from Esrnest Hemingway's courtyard in Key West that I have kept alive as a normal house plant for 35 years now. And to my delight, a twisted Hickory walking stick that I used countless times hiking in the Appalachian, Smokies, Rockies, Tetons, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and British Columbia in my younger days. This Moses type staff has now become my preferred walking aid that I use whenever I need to walk some distance on uneven terrain even in So. La. due to some balance issues that now affect me in Senior life! Even with it's weathered look from some of the scratches acquired mountain hiking over the years, I still get folks wanting to see it up close and complementing me about it when I use in public. These are among the types of souvenirs that can become treasures.

Acknowledging that each individual's cataract conditions are likely not to be identical, the choice of implanting insurance covered lenses vs. premium lenses deserves carefull consideration.

For example my brother chose the expensive premium lenses vs. the no patient cost ones Medicare would cover 8 years ago. He had improved vision, but was having some difficulty seeing some things as well as I did with my "progressive lenses eye glasses" before I had cataract surgery. 6 years ago, when I agreed to have cataract surgery, I chose to just use the implant lenses that would be covered fully by Medicare due to my brother's experience. The technology of lenses available has been improving overtime and I have had 20/20 vision using the Medicare covered lenses with no need for glasses at all! I suspect the implant lenses technology has continued to improve over time and that includes those covered by employer insurance and also via Medicare coverage.

I suspect that the skill of one's ophthalmologist doing the surgery can affect the best lense options chosen to correct one's eye conditions as well as their skill as a eye surgeon in performing the procedure.

Million Dollar Highway between Ouray and Silverton, Colorado.

Geaux Tigers!!!!

In addition to what has been posted already by others, I found visiting Boys Town Village, home to approximately 400 Boys and Girls in Omaha interesting. It will give your children an idea of what less fortunate kids are faced with. Thankfully times have changed to where the children there get housed in suburban type homes with trained married coupes providing family style care versus the old dormitory style housing. Boys Town Village has its own fire dept and post office, and other vocational opportunities for the children living there to get work experiences.

Lincoln, Nebraska is only about 55 miles away and home to the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers and the state capitol. During the Bertman CWS years we visited the university and with their stadium gates wide open and with no one around we were able to walk right onto the 50 yard line center field of the stadium. I doubt that security remains that lax in this era. Their state capitol building in Lincoln is a similar skyscraper style building like the La. Capitol Bldg. Biggest surprise was that their legislature is a uncameral one - a single body vs the traditional representative and senate bodies.

Don't miss dinning in some of the good steak restaurants in Omaha!