East Coast Trip: Day Two

After leaving the hotel in Lafayette, we headed over to Baton Rouge, where I quickly fell in love with down town. To get there you have to go over a bridge that the Mississippi river runs under. Then you are immersed in the Louisiana culture and friendly attitudes. Our first stop was the visitors bureau where we were greeted and then where given a list of free things to do and see. After that we headed over the Capitol building where we rode the elevator to the very top, the 29^th floor. Once up there we had an amazing view of the surrounding area, and the beautiful gardens of downtown Baton Rouge.

After being amazed there, we headed over to the old state capitol. This capitol is elegance and grace embodied in the form of a building. The outside is shaped like a castle with ornate sculpture work all around it. When you walk in the first thing you see is a spiral staircase. This stair case is made out of wrought iron and has a singular pillar that serves as a brace for the impressive 20’ diameter circle stain glass dome. The light shows through the glass as crimson, gold and azul.

After spending some time in downtown Baton Rouge we headed over to Cupcakes and Cream where we bought some cupcakes to enjoy in the car. We started going towards Mississippi and along the way we saw a scenic route.  So being the adventurers we are, we decided to take the road less traveled by and discovered how beautiful the Mississippi beaches are.  The beach front road literally ran right along the beach where, at any moment, you could pull off the side of the road and step into the sand.

We drove quite a ways down the beaches till it became dark, and since we were all getting very tired we decided to try to find a hotel. We ended up spending the night in a Best Western and I slept like a rock, maybe a little too hard for getting up and 6:00 am.