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Calling All Lousiana GB Members!!
dreher
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I want to go on a family vacation in Louisiana. Take in some historical sights, eat bunches of Cajun food and do some fishing. Walk around in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. In general, except for the fishing, just enjoy doing nothing.
What month, April thru July would be best??
What things should I put on my must do, can't miss it list??
Where would you go for the best fishing?? Probably bass and brim fishing but when it comes to fishing I am very open to suggestions.
30 years ago there was a French bakery down in the French Quarter. They said their ovens were original from the early 1700s. I bought some croissants there one morning. They were really, really good! Does anyone have any idea of the name of that bakery?? I would love to take my family there for breakfast!
Thanks all!!
What month, April thru July would be best??
What things should I put on my must do, can't miss it list??
Where would you go for the best fishing?? Probably bass and brim fishing but when it comes to fishing I am very open to suggestions.
30 years ago there was a French bakery down in the French Quarter. They said their ovens were original from the early 1700s. I bought some croissants there one morning. They were really, really good! Does anyone have any idea of the name of that bakery?? I would love to take my family there for breakfast!
Thanks all!!
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Of course don't forget Bourbon st.in the evening for more great music and interesting folks!
There is one town I am intrigued by, Breaux Bridge, it is on I 10 50 miles west of Baton Rouge.
It is a 250 year old Cajun town, I am dying to go visit this place but can't get in in the big truck.
Go on down into Breaux Bridge, it is just 2 miles from the interstate, there are lots of old stores, B and Bs etc, I bet it would be worth your while. Also lots of Cajun restaurants there.
I don't know if you are aware of this but, half of Louisiana is not in the Cajun area, but, Breaux Bridge is in the heart of Cajun lands.
#1 Early Spring like now. Go before it gets too hot. (This is also crawfish season)
#2 I would start that tour up in Memphis and have the BBQ and the music and go see Graceland. Then Vicksburg, MS good food, good history, good music also. Then head south. Follow the river to Natchez and west to Alexandria then down to Lafayette Stop in every little town. This is still the USA like it was. There are too many good eating and fishing spots on that route to name. Lets just say I have never found a bad one.
#3 Once you get to I-10 go east a bit and get off in Breaux Bridge eat at CrawFishTown USA. I would recommend staying somewhere near there, drinking that much beer and eating that many bugs makes a person lethargic.
#4 From there the whole delta is your oyster. I like to go back down US90 and then back roads and meet some old friends in Houma and Thibodaux. But there are lots of hunting and fishing camps down there.
Make sure you get to crunch on some fresh sugar cane before you come back. And the frog legs. [:D]
Have Fun!!!!
Like I said, I spend about 20 hours a week driving through Louisiana, just because it is on the way between SC and Laredo Texas.
Naturally I have been wanting to go to a real Cajun restaurant. Most of them I can't get to in a 70 foot long truck. God Help Me if I tried to drive down into the French Quarter in New Orleans, I would be arrested.
I had read some good reviews of Crawfishtown online, and saw that it was just 1 mile north of the Interstate.
I got onto Google maps. Looking carefully at the satellite map, I saw that Crawfishtown would acccomodate a big rig. Couldn't believe that.
So I went up there one day.
The atmosphere is great, it is like a big old Cajun barn. Now, bear in mind, this is way out in the country, about 3 miles north of the town of Breaux Bridge.
The Cajun food is excellent. A giant seafood platter is $28.
You said April through June. This may sound weird, but there is a season on crawfish. Crawfish season is right now, and runs into April, so I would go then, I mean, you gotta eat a dish of crawfish etouffee.
Of course you can get crawfish in June but it is frozen, not as good as fresh crawfish.
In a few years, I will make a tour out West with the fiancee in a car, and we will go, not only to the French Quarter of course, but we will go to Breaux Bridge. I think this would be a trip to the real Cajun country.
If you should go to Breaux Bridge you can give me a report.
I have been to Crawfishtown!
Like I said, I spend about 20 hours a week driving through Louisiana, just because it is on the way between SC and Laredo Texas.
Naturally I have been wanting to go to a real Cajun restaurant. Most of them I can't get to in a 70 foot long truck. God Help Me if I tried to drive down into the French Quarter in New Orleans, I would be arrested.
I had read some good reviews of Crawfishtown online, and saw that it was just 1 mile north of the Interstate.
I got onto Google maps. Looking carefully at the satellite map, I saw that Crawfishtown would acccomodate a big rig. Couldn't believe that.
So I went up there one day.
The atmosphere is great, it is like a big old Cajun barn. Now, bear in mind, this is way out in the country, about 3 miles north of the town of Breaux Bridge.
The Cajun food is excellent. A giant seafood platter is $28.
You said April through June. This may sound weird, but there is a season on crawfish. Crawfish season is right now, and runs into April, so I would go then, I mean, you gotta eat a dish of crawfish etouffee.
Of course you can get crawfish in June but it is frozen, not as good as fresh crawfish.
In a few years, I will make a tour out West with the fiancee in a car, and we will go, not only to the French Quarter of course, but we will go to Breaux Bridge. I think this would be a trip to the real Cajun country.
If you should go to Breaux Bridge you can give me a report.
Try ChefRoy's in Rayne http://www.chefroy.com/ they have some good eats. Not as big a parkinglot as Crawfishtown but close to I-10 still. Well worth the stop.
As an old traveling salesmen, I can point out the good grub in most of the 48.
Here is a link to Louisianas festival schedule if anything peaks your interest.
It will get Hot and Humid quickly so I'd recommend an early spring over a summer visit.
North La, you can see Natchitoches and Ferriday for some old towns, logging history and cotton plantations.
South La, start off in Breaux Bridge eat plenty of boiled crawfish, if you can catch a boucherie you will see a pig processed in a way that would even make Native Americans proud. There are a couple campgrounds in the area with stocked ponds that allow day fishing.
You can eat at Prejeans Cajun resturant in Lafayette.
I can't recommend much in Baton Rouge.
WWll museum in New Orleans is a must see. You can take a river boat tour or air boat swamp tour, cemetery tour.
Night life, just be safe. It can get very sketchy, the local street walkers can spot the sucker from a ways a way.
There are a few beer breweries and rum distilleries that you can visit along with the Avery Island Tobasco factory.
You can get live crawfish through late May. Sugar cane even in the early summer won't be but about 3 feet tall and won't have any sugar content until late September.