Today was a long day. And not the get up early, run on the beach, drink margaritas for hours while occasionally hitting the waves kind of long, but rather the stuck in traffic due to a jack-knifed tractor trailer kind of long. What should have been a relatively easy 7-8 hour cruise from Port A to Baton Rouge became an 11 hour odyssey of misery. All because one driver on the I-10 had very bad day slightly across the border from Texas into Louisiana, flipping his crane truck and causing I-10 to be shutdown the entire day. What's up with Waze? The accident happened early in the morning and yet no redirection around the multi-hour parking lot. So, while we tried to make it to NOLA today, we failed. I don't often try things and fail. I'm more in line with that famous little green guy's mantra: I "do" things. After a very long day of driving, we pulled an audible and decided to lodge for the night in Baton Rouge.
We got a very filling and pleasurable dinner at the Chimes and then went to check out Tiger Stadium at night. Wow. It's huge. I didn't make it to the Cowboys stadium in Dallas, but I have to believe the outside structures are similar in size. I'll someday need to get to night game in that stadium. Seems very awesome. I often get confused why football recruits choose teams over our beloved Hokies, but not in the case of LSU. I fully get it and that's solely from seeing the outside of their Tiger-shrine. Couple that with the SEC and the history at LSU and if one was good enough for big time football, LSU would be a strong choice.
More exploration of Baton Rouge in the morning and more trips down memory lane for Buttercup before we (again) head off to New Orleans.
