To Allen Parish
Wednesday December 7, 2005
I have the wrong cell phone provider for this location. This morning I checked out of the Quality Inn in Lafayette and into the Best Western Hotel on the Coushatta Indian Reservation on US 165 in Allen Parish.
The Hotel is about 13 miles north of downtown Kinder, LA, population approximately 2,100 (pre Hurricane). There is a restaurant at the Coushatta Casino. In Kinder there are 4 fast food places (McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway and Sonic), a waffle place, a Chinese restaurant, a Cajun Restaurant and a Catfish hut. The nearest large store (Wal-Mart) is 20 miles up US 165 in Oakdale – I have been told that Kinder once had a Wal-Mart and that it is one of the few in the chain’s history to not make it. The nearest movie theater is a 45-minute drive to Lake Charles.
I have just about finalized discussions for a location for the Parish Store-front Recovery Center. It is a former nail salon on the main street of the Parish Seat – Oberlin. This is about a 7 miles north of the hotel. Oberlin has a population of approximately 1,850. It has one restaurant and is 7 miles closer to the Wal-Mart and further from the theater.
This is a quiet place. Oakdale is the largest of the towns along US 165. With a population of about 8,000, it is home to about 1/3rd of the Parish’s total population.
Verizon may have the “best nationwide” network but out here the answers to my repeated “do you hear me now” questions have been disappointing.
I have the wrong cell phone provider for this location. This morning I checked out of the Quality Inn in Lafayette and into the Best Western Hotel on the Coushatta Indian Reservation on US 165 in Allen Parish.
The Hotel is about 13 miles north of downtown Kinder, LA, population approximately 2,100 (pre Hurricane). There is a restaurant at the Coushatta Casino. In Kinder there are 4 fast food places (McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway and Sonic), a waffle place, a Chinese restaurant, a Cajun Restaurant and a Catfish hut. The nearest large store (Wal-Mart) is 20 miles up US 165 in Oakdale – I have been told that Kinder once had a Wal-Mart and that it is one of the few in the chain’s history to not make it. The nearest movie theater is a 45-minute drive to Lake Charles.
I have just about finalized discussions for a location for the Parish Store-front Recovery Center. It is a former nail salon on the main street of the Parish Seat – Oberlin. This is about a 7 miles north of the hotel. Oberlin has a population of approximately 1,850. It has one restaurant and is 7 miles closer to the Wal-Mart and further from the theater.
This is a quiet place. Oakdale is the largest of the towns along US 165. With a population of about 8,000, it is home to about 1/3rd of the Parish’s total population.
Verizon may have the “best nationwide” network but out here the answers to my repeated “do you hear me now” questions have been disappointing.
posted by J Corlss at 5:58 PM
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