Blogs from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States, North America

It was a Tiger-off in the Bayou on Saturday, my first top-10 matchup of the season. After I bought my ticket for the LSU-Auburn game last week while at Alabama, I had a little bit of buyer’s remorse. Had I made the right choice? For one, Baton Rouge is a little bit further away from my house than I had expected. Second, I had been an Auburn fan at one point, having attended several games at Auburn before I ever attended my first as a UGA student. And lastly, I only knew one person in Baton Rouge, but she said she would actually be out of town for the weekend. Nevertheless, I have wanted to attend a game here for a long time. I would’ve come to LSU last year when UGA played, but tickets were ... read more

Greetings from Baton Rouge, LA! 484 extremely hot miles today. I left Fort Payne, AL at 3:00am and arrived in Baton Rouge, LA at about 3:00pm. It's great to see my old friends again and for the next two days, I will be here in Baton Rouge catching up. As for the trip home: Currently, a large part of the country is experiencing a major heat wave. Specifically, the areas that I will be riding through fro the remainder of the trip will be dangerously hot. Some of there desert areas will be in excess of 120 degrees. This is the point where it stops being about the ride, stops being about having fun and starts being a death march. Additionally, I have to remove a majority of my protective gear in order to survive heat ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Cet après midi j'ai passé les 10 000 kms km depuis mon départ de Québec le 26 mai. Hier au soir, j'ai souper dans un resto, en France on dirait une gargotte, qui serait probablement interdite, pour cause de provocation. Des cochons partout. J'ai encore fait un effort, en choisissant des ribs mode Cajun (genre côtes levées). Je devais en avoir une quinzaine, délicieuses, au moment du repas, seulement je me suis levé plusieurs fois, j'avais la bouche en feu. Pour la première fois depuis longtemps, ce matin le ciel est couvert, gris, mais quand même 27° à 8h et 90% d'humidité c'est moite. Le tour de Natchez va être très vite fait, malgré les conseils de mon guide rien ne retient mon attention en particulier. Les maisons Antebellum (datant d'avant la révolution ... read more

The geography changed when we crossed the Texas/Louisiana border. We crossed through Cajun country and bayou areas. Some houses are built up off the ground and Interstate 10 is one long bridge over a water basin area. Baton Rouge was a nice, clean impressive city. We toured the old Historic State Capitol and the new State Capitol. Lots of history and it was all free to tour - including the ride to the 27th floor of the new Capitol which had awesome views of the Mississippi and area. We stayed at the Comfort Suites in Port Allen on the west side of the Mississippi. Baton Rouge is on the east side. It was very handy to Highway 1, the Plantation Road, which we travelled the next day.... read more

Geo: 30.4435, -91.18695/13/12 - We left the hotel at 8 AM today and drove through Destin to Pensacola, through small beach towns, some lined with concrete condos 20-25 stories high. It reminded me of Miami, though on a smaller scale. The beaches that we could see were very nice, with light colored sand. And some areas reminded us of Old Orchard Beach in Maine...coastal, touristy, and sometimes tacky.The word for today is BAYOU. I have never seen so many raised roadways/bridges. Some of them went on for miles over swamps, marshes, lakes and rivers. An interesting thing to note...bet... read more