I’ve been talking about going on a camping trip with the Minnie and you are probably wondering where we’re going. Larry has been thinking about following the Mississippi River from where it ends in Louisiana to where it starts in Minnesota for over a year. There is a road that follows the Mississippi called the Great River Road, it is a National Scenic Byway. The road takes you through ten states. A few months ago when we decided to take a Spring trip Larry suggested the Great River Road, I told him it sounded great to me. Larry normally requests information from all of the states we will be traveling through but this year he got a small amount of information mailed to us from the Great River Road website, using this information and maps from each state that he already has will get us started. He plans to find anything else we might need via the internet. Much less to carry and it should prove interesting. Got to change with the times I guess. As the we were getting closer to leaving I was getting more excited.
Today we started our adventure to the Great River Road. We left the house at 9:00 am. The wind blew very strongly the entire day. We stayed mainly on two lanes highways. The only interstate we drove was I10 which we picked up a bit east of Houston and drove it to Baton Rouge. The drive through Texas to Louisiana was pretty with wildflowers and beautiful tall pines. After driving through Orange Texas we hit Louisiana which turns to swamp land. We drove on a bridge that went over swamps for miles and miles. As we driving across the swamp area we saw fishermen fishing in the swamp. We drove over a couple of big cool bridges. As we were driving through Lake Charles, Louisiana along the beach area we saw people enjoying the beach and the park on the beach. Some people were swimming in the water. Larry was going to stop at a casino in Lake Charles, Louisiana but when we got to Lake Charles we decided to continue on down I10 to Baton Rouge.
The bridge we drove to get over the Mississippi River
We arrived at Hollywood Casino at 7:00 pm and the sun was starting to go down so it was cooling off. Once we got settled in I fed Flo and then took her for a walk. When we got back Larry and I went over to the casino to check it out.
Hollywood Casino is located in downtown Baton Rouge so it’s very convenient to other attractions in the downtown area and on the Mississippi River. It looks like an old riverboat, that was used years ago that paddles down the Mississippi River. It has three floors and a deck that goes around the boat on the second floor. You’re allowed to walk outside and look at the Mississippi River but most of the deck is chained off. As you walk through the casino you can look out the windows and see tug boats moving barges down the river. During the day when we were entering into Baton Rouge we crossed the Mississippi River via bridge but at night it is lit up and looks cool. As we were going into the casino I asked a guard if there was a non-smoking area. He told us yes and gave us directions to the area. The non-smoking area was very small. It was right next to the smoking area with nothing in between the areas so you still had to put up with smoke. After checking the casino out we went back to the Minnie and had dinner.
Entrance to Hollywood Casino |
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