Carrie Barton: Out and about in Baton Rouge, etc.

After seeing the capitol buildings, we headed south,

down "The River Road."

Ah, memories. Well at least for some -

remember Pabst Blue Ribbon beer?

This is such a sweet sight - one we've seen repeated many times on our trip. Dads with daughters and sons in their laps - on tractors and riding mowers. This is how it should be (but seems like seldom is). (and notice that weird pole thing in the background? yup, it's a warning siren for all sorts of "good stuff" - tornadoes, hurricanes, war... must be interesting living in places that need to have these... then again, I guess San Diego living is just as fun, but they use reverse 911 calls instead - for wildfires, flooding, earthquakes, etc.)

We kept seeing these little shacks, usually at least two or more of them together at a time. Bill told me they were most likely slave/sharecropper quarters from back when...

OK, so you thought you already knew all the capitols of LA?! Well, guess again! So Donaldsonville was the state capitol ALSO! But only for about a year! It was New Orleans, then Donaldsonville, then New Orleans again. Then Baton Rouge. Man, starting to sound like some peoples' marital histories!

Donaldsonville has a nice little park with a great fountain that has an even greater sign on it. You just gotta love a place that tells you to go ahead, take your shoes off - heck, get your swim trunks on - and jump in! I don't believe I've ever seen a sign with a message like that before. Yay for them!!!!!

Sulfur works (OK, didn't confirm this by sniff test, but it sure looks like sulfur yellow!).

The Oak Alley Plantation.

oooooo, nice wheels! And paint job! And...! Wow! Hmmm...

A coal plant along the river.

On the way home, we drove by a genuine bayou! Man, I mean this place was straight out of the movies!!!! It was so cool! All these homes right along the river, moss just dripping out of the trees, mosquitoes waiting by the water...