Kit and Carol on the Road

Well, we never really got lost, but Louisiana is the hardest state we have ever had to find our way around. There are so many roads with numbers that the state map is really hard to read. And there never seems to be direct routes to where we want to go. Luckily we have Nellie, our GPS. The roads aren’t great but Louisiana State Parks are tops in our book. We pay only $8 a night for paved spots with water and electric, bathrooms with showers, and great ambiance. The one State Historic Park we have visited so far was FREE and included a guided tour of a Creole plantation house and an Acadian Farmstead. We have been learning a lot about Creole and Acadian (Cajun) culture. The Natural Park Service has 3 sites about Acadian culture (one was closed) which are also FREE. And we visited a recreated village/ museum as well.

(to Fred and Sue) We made a side trip for the factory tour of Tabasco. Not an exciting tour but we got to visit the store and taste lots of Tabasco goodies. It’s amazing how many things you can find to put a company name on.

We are now off on a detour heading east on the Natchez Trace Parkway.