The drive from Lake Charles to New Orleans was so cool. We stopped in Baton Rouge and went to the Louisiana State Capitol, which, at 34 stories high, is the nation’s tallest state capitol. It is also where Governor Huey P. Long was assassinated in 1935. After Baton Rouge we decided to get off I-10 and head down to a meandering little road that runs along the Mississippi River. An Andrea Boccelli cd was the soundtrack for this adventure. There were plantations here and there and way too many churches for my taste…. We stopped at a plantation named “Houmas House” (where’s the pita?), it is nicknamed “The Sugar Palace”. It was absolutely spectacular! The original owner bought the land, which was originally some 200,000 acres from the Indians for roughly $100 worth of supplies. Surprise! Anyway, after changing hands many times, the size is down to 38 lush acres of gardens.