President
Gene Fisher
Wagonmaster
Ida Cook
2nd Vice President
Nancy Skinner
Secretary
Marie Moreau
Treasurer
Maria Rickles

COCHON DE LAIT RALLY
May 10-14, 2007

NO HOST, NO RALLY FEE

One little piggy, two little piggies, three little piggies, etc....

After a fun rally at the Corps of Engineers Park in Colfax, Louisiana, twelve rigs headed for the Cochon de Lait Festival in Mansura, Louisiana. Cochon de Lait means "milk fed pig". And, you guessed it, this festival is one big pig roast. This year marked the 33rd anniversary of the festival. The Cochon de Lait is a family oriented festival. It offers carnival rides, various contests (try hog calling and hog imitation) and lots of food and music.

Our group used the Paragon Casino RV Park in Marksville, La as the base for our "Gathering". A "Gathering" is a rally where everyone just shows up for a festival, event or just to get together. Nothing is planned, other than arrangements for parking, and the entire rally is free form. It is an interesting concept and worked out well for this event.

Most of the group who arrived on May 6 and welcomed the opportunity to just "chill" for a few days before the festival started on May 10. Since we were camped at the Paragon Casino, some of our group "dropped" a few coins in the casino slots. Some even won a few dollars - or at least - that's what they claimed.

Saturday morning breakfast was Pain Perdue and ham. Pain Perdue is what Cajuns call French toast. This particular recipe came from Lou's secret recipe file. The rest of Saturday was spent in going to the festival and sampling the roast pig and other food. On Sunday, the festival serves a complete meal of roast pork with trimmings. Everyone, whom I spoke to that ate lunch, said the food was delicious and plentiful.

When all the dust settled, this "Gathering" turned out to be a great rally with something for everyone.

Lou Butaud