A quiet couple days in Baton Rouge
I decided to
stop in Baton Rouge in place of New Orleans, for 2 reasons: I was not looking to party or get crazy after
such the Halloween weekend in Austin. I
arrived and was greeted by host Nathan at his home on the Southern edge of the
city. He introduced me to his daughter,
and showed me around his place. He had a
done a number of home improvement projects including a hot tub installation,
and a roof over his patio complete with integrated lights, speakers and ceiling
fan. Very well done work! He made dinner that night too, that included
okra, something I had not had in months, a proper southern delight. Nathan also brews his own beer, and blueberry
wine. I got to sample quite a bit of
both. The blueberries comes from his
father’s farm.
The next
morning Nathan took me down to the LSU campus for a run around the lake. It was beautiful was, and we had decent 4
mile run. Later I headed into the
downtown Baton Rouge, I visited the state Capitol building. Built in 1931 it is the tallest state capitol
in the country and it does not have the traditional dome shape, but rather it
is a 29 story art deco building. I
visited the observation deck and checked out an exhibit on the assassination
Huey P. Long, the man that built the building while he was governor. Later I walked the downtown area for a bit,
the waterfront, and finally the Louisiana State Museum. That evening I took Nathan and his daughter
out for dinner, where we had alligator, and a gumbo as well.
The next day I
headed out early en route to Panama City, driving through New Orleans in a rain
storm.
FTF Day 253-255
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