Louisiana Tours – Where I’ve been … continued The second leg of our anniversary Louisiana Tour started after the parade. The parade really was fun because of the local flavor of that rural community. These are folks you […]
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Louisiana Tours – “Where I’ve been” is a report of some Louisiana diamonds I’ve enjoyed since starting the blog. That’s the whole point of it – right? Researching the web and talking with locals I’ve uncovered sites unseen. […]
READ MORELouisiana Tours Allen Acres While researching Beauregard and Allen parishes recently I stumbled upon Allen Acres outside the town of Pitkin. This bed and breakfast sounded so interesting that I reserved a room to surprise my wife for […]
READ MORESt. Landry Parish While writing this article I became aware that I’ve been driving past some of Louisiana’s amazing treasures on the way to North Louisiana. Several communities in these parishes are notorious as “speed traps.” Maybe […]
READ MOREA visit to these Southwest Louisiana parishes is an early 20th century history lesson. These parishes were part of the disputed “Neutral Ground – No Man’s Land” between what was in 1807 the United States and the Texas territory […]
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CREOLE STAYCATION Civil War sites, fantastic cuisine, 12 Years a Slave house, museums, a safari park, the birthplaces of famous leaders – a short drive from Baton Rouge. Riverside Limousines can plan a tour just for you. And, […]
READ MOREStaycation: DeSoto, Sabine & Vernon Parishes During Spanish, French and early American ownership, the western border of Louisiana was called the “Neutral Ground, the Neutral Strip, the Neutral Territory, No Man’s Land and the Sabine Free State. During […]
READ MOREThere’s a chocolate cake you buy at the store … and then there’s a chocolate cake you make during Hurricane Issac with Hershey’s Especially Dark Chocolate and a poured icing with pecans, granulated sugar (because you don’t have […]
READ MOREWhen I’m out of state and mention Louisiana the conversation goes to New Orleans and Mardi Gras. That’s because over the years those are the stories that have repeatedly been told. Other areas of the state have […]
READ MOREMadison, Tensas & Franklin Parishes Researching rural parishes to write up staycation ideas; at first it seems there is nothing of interest. But every parish has a history, has people of interest and activities to experience – so […]
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