The day started with spectacular fashion, we needed to go
back to the Information Centre which we passed yesterday coming into town, about 20 miles back
up the I20. Right turn out of the Casino car park, approximately 100 yards then
right turn on to the I20 ramp, then instantly into 70+mph traffic, the speed
limit was 70 but even the semi’s seemed to interpret this as the "minimum" speed. This woke me up, unfortunately the video wasn’t running.
We had to stop for fuel
about 10 miles out and saw the results of two semi’s not quite merging
properly, at least one truck wasn’t going anywhere for some time and it was
causing a fair bit of chaos as they had blocked the Interstate on-ramp from
what seemed a fairly popular truck stop.
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| The Interstate can be a bit scary sometimes - especially where they merge! |
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| OOPS...trucks behaving badly..... |
Once again the extremely helpful Information centre staff supplied us
with a map of the State and advise on places to visit in our timeframe.
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| Interesting architechture all over the country side. |
The first was the Louisiana State Museum which had a very
informative display on early life in the state, some important documents signed
by such people as Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S Grant and also many artifacts
from the original Caddo Native Americans who lived in the area. The display
itself was housed in a circular very Art Deco building with all its original
fittings and fixtures. The display dioramas, many of which had been constructed
in the 1930’s were worth the visit even without the historical information they
provided.
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| Native American canoe from about 1060 AD |
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| Spectacular detail in the Museum dioramas |
After the Museum we decided to visited the Boardwalk, which is an Outlet Shopping
Mall alongside the Red River. Maritta found some clothes and after a refreshing
cold drink and some Onion Rings. We struggle to get a decent cup of black tea, although iced tea is very easy to get and the Onion Rings were also very good.
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| Dale waiting "patiently" for Maritta |
We
are starting a rating system for Onion Rings, all of which have been better
than any we have found in Australia, so far Charlies Diner at Oklahoma City are
the best with those at Hilton Garden Inn in Las Cruces a close second, todays at
Wild Buffalo Wings third, the ones we had in the Casino last night were quite nice but a bit spicy for our taste. We had some at Sonic a few days ago and
although they are supposed to be the best we both found them too sweet for our
pallet and so far rate them last (still above Oz though).
It was very hot and
humid today, reminds us very much of Darwin around Christmas.
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