Spouse was still sleeping, so I decided to do a walk and
scout out the area. I found a stowaway
blood sucking varmint and killed its nasty ass.
Thanks Rudy for pointing that out…
This RV park is part of a large equestrian center. In the distance I can hear a faint whinney of
a happy horse. I take the street up to
the entrance, then cross and walk up to the top of the levee separating the
road from the Mississippi River. There
is a beautiful trail for walking and biking.
And biking is what we will do. I
walked back and found more trail… I think we will need an extra day here.
Spouse was awake when I got back and started working on doing a windshield repair (ouch) while I started getting the bikes ready. He got a nice cover for them, that has at least a hundred buckles, coupled with the countless bungee cords and bike locks. As I grew older, I finally got it all unhooked, and off we went.
We rode to the top of the levee going north towards the city of Baton Rouge. On the west of us is the Mississippi River. Looking down from the levee is a mound of grass which meets the water. It is about 40 or 50 feet through some shallow water where there are stands of trees and other growths jutting out of the water forming a barrier before you actually see the navigable river. There seems to be an egret every quarter mile or so doing its hunting. On the horizon is the huge bridge crossing the river with the morning traffic. Along the river are various port buildings.
On the east side of the river is a small community of
condos, then LSU. They are mowing the
sports fields and the smell of freshly cut grass is wafting across our
path. It is a huge campus with a sports
stadium and several fields for practices as well as all the other major
university buildings.
Continuing on, we hear a train come through right next to the waterfront. The city is right behind the train kind of like Disneyland. We pass the USS Kidd floating museum and then the trail at the waterfront ends. However, the trails in the city begins. Starting at the old Capitol building, which is a beautiful building on exquisite ground we come into the city square. This is where the old meets the new. There are parks and benches and it is beautifully landscaped. For about 100 feet, we actually have to share the road with cars, but it is a slow zone so it is not an issue. Then onto the Greenway bikepath. We are now under a canopy of stately trees with ferns growing on the limbs and some Spanish moss hanging here and there. There are flowers and plants all neatly arranged. As we leave the city center going back south, the trail continues but the trees are gone. Then for the last part of the loop back to the levee, we are on a residential street. Only one car passed us so it was an easy ride.
Once back on the levee, we headed home. We loved watching the turtles sunbathing on
the logs in the water. We were so
impressed with how easy it is for biking and how clean and pretty things were!
Once back, we cleaned up and went right back to the city for
some more cajun cooking. We found a
parking place, which totally amazed us and we went to Cecelia’s Creole
Bistro. You know when the word ‘bistro
or fusion’ is in the title, they charge more money and it is kind of shi
shi. This is in the older section of
town but very upscale. And true to shi
shi-ness, on the pricey side. We both
order a cajun shrimp pasta. It was
delicious but… I was sure I would die by
the end of day from the amount of cream and butter in it. Spouse ate his whole bowl. I have leftovers for another day.
We walked around downtown.
There are not a lot of people here for a Friday afternoon. We toured the stately old capitol
building. There is a museum inside, but
I was more entranced with the building itself.
It had such ornate moulding and the rotunda is right out of a
kalaidascope.
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