Apr 15, 2008 - St. Francisville, La

Arrived just after 5pm today. It's so green! This is one of the oldest towns in Louisiana. Tomorrow we plan to see the Rosedown Plantation and get back down to Baton Rouge. After crossing the Mississippi, we passed through Baton Rouge to get up here.

Apr 11, 2008 - Two more states to Baton Rouge, LA

041108 We packed up again this morning (we are now moving along as opposed to loitering around Florida) and moved 181 miles to Denton Springs KOA RV Park near Baton Rouge, LA. Add another 2 states to the map since we went across the gulf side of Mississippi. We got a nice site but there was a line of very old and large Oak trees on the side that Greg wanted to put the satellite dish. This old guy (George) next door came over and told Greg that everyone including him had tried to get satellite there and had never been able to. He also...

Oct 19, 2007 - Anahuac, TX, to Baton Rouge, LA

Today we drove OUT of Texas and on to Baton Rouge, LA. The damage from Katrina was still quite visible. We were lucky to get an overnight site at the KOA because we were only staying one night, Friday, and the KOA was full on Saturday due to the big LSU/Auburn game. It was fun to see all the rigs decked out with their school colors; the owners were, too! There was much friendly rivalry all around us as well as some major tail-gating. A good time was had by all. P.S. LSU won on the last play of the game - it was a good one!

Sep 30, 2007 - Baton Rouge

I'm sure you've noticed that the web entries have all but stopped. We're in "home mode" now and just sort of meandering our way there. We loved San Antonio but the rest of Texas - it was just a lot of driving. Friday night we had a special treat and went out to dinner with our nephew, Brad and his girlfriend, Hjong. It was the first time we had met her and she is beautiful and lovely. I am so mad because I brought my small digital camera to dinner and when I went to take pictures, it was not working. I had checked the camera that morning to...

May 10, 2007 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana

DRIVING THRU THE CAPITOL OF MISSISSIPPI, JACKSON ON ROUTE 55 THE SKYLINE IS NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT. WE WERE SURPRISED TO SEE SO MANY TREES AS MANY OR MORE TREES THAN ALONG NORTHERN WISCONSIN ROADS. THE WEATHER HAS BEEN BEAUTIFUL. AND I WANT ALL TO KNOW THAT OUT OF THE 900 MILES TO GET HERE I DROVE 300. WE HAVE A GREAT SITE AT THE KOA. FULL HOOKUP AND RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE POOL. ITS HOT IN THE 80 BUT WE HAVE THE AIR RUNNING. TOMORROW WE ARE GOING TO NEW ORLEANS AND THE FRENCH QUARTER. MAYBE TO PAT O'BRIEN'S, WE REMEMBER A DAY IN OUR YOUNGER...

Mar 11, 2007 - Livingston, LA to Drifton, FL

Today we drove across most of the bottom part of Louisiana, missing New Orleans, but going through Baton Rouge instead, on a straighter course. From there, we entered Mississippi, went through Biloxi, and then made the "Pascagoula Run," a Jimmy Buffet song of that title details the drive from Pascagoula, MS, to Mobile, AL, where Jimmy was born. We drove across Alabama, including Mobile Bay, which is pretty spectacular. It's a pretty short distance across Alabama into the "panhandle" part of Florida. Our last big city before stopping for...

Mar 4, 2007 - Not Again!

Welcome back to our ongoing saga of how we are rebuilding our GMC Savana Van piece by piece. We set out from Mobile, Alabama at about 8:30 on Sunday morning. Out for a Sunday drive, there wasn't much traffic and we had smooth sailing along I-10. Outside of Mobile the interstate was lined with sign after sign advertising every fast food restaurant and gas station imaginable. Kind of makes one miss the old Burma Shave signs I remember from family road trips when I was a kid (younger readers probably don't know what I am talking...

Feb 20, 2007 - 2-20-07 Dunham Springs, Louisiana

2-21-07 We arrived at the KOA in Denham Springs, Louisiana under cloudy skies but warmer temperatures. We wanted to visit the old State Capitol building and the old Governor's mansion. It rained all night and we left for downtown Baton Rogue in the rain. The weatherman predicted sunny weather and mid-seventies temperatures for the afternoon, and we were more than a little bit apprehensive about the prediction. In the early history of Louisiana, New Orleans use to be the capital of the state. But the people were upset due to all the...

Feb 11, 2007 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana

The last 4 days have been spent hitting the high-lights here in Louisiana's Capitol. We toured an old navigational lock as well as the largest remaining Antebellum Mansion in the United States Neither one of us could get over the size of the Mississippi River or the size of the ships that travel up it from the Gulf of Mexico ( Baton Rouge is the northernmost port in the U.S.) We spent almost a full day exploring the State Capitol and grounds. The Capitol is built in an Art Deco style and is the second best representation of this...

Jan 18, 2007 - 3 travel days and lots of cool,cloudy,damp weather ends this month

Sorry it took so long to get to this but I guess I was just burned out. We had a lot of things happen and not the weather we were looking for-so I guess I just yucked out and didn't do much. Anyway to update you all, We blew another tire on the Teton trailer between New Orleans and Baton Rouge,La. This one took longer to get service for and am I ever glad we have road service as they came a long way and charged alot. So guess we won't wait to get back to MN. we will buy 6 more new tires when we get to Mission,TX for our 2 month stay. We...

Dec 1, 2006 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Family and Friends, We left the Memphis area on Wednesday morning and traveled south on Interstate 55 through Jackson, Mississippi into Louisiana. We took Interstate 12 West until it joined Interstate 10. We're staying at a very nice city-owned horse facility with about 100 campsites. The sites do not have sewer but the facilities are ample. The campground is very reasonably priced at $12.00/night. When we arrived late Wednesday afternoon there was only one site occupied. The next day two additional sites were occupied. Today, Friday, it's...

Aug 7, 2006 - Katrina, it's over between us. Don't call me anymore.

We made it down to Biloxi! Around January when our trip was still very much in the planning stages, fellow busser Elliott placed a map of the country in front of me and asked where I thought we should go. I marked off my hometown (Lancaster, PA), Seattle, Austin, Texas, and the Gulf Coast. We didn't make it to Austin, but we've just about done the rest. We've all read plenty about Hurricane Katrina, but I'm convinced you can't really understand a disaster of its magnitude until you see it yourself. I was feeling idealistic and knew a bunch...