Louisiana.

We got to Baton Rouge on Monday, met up with my buddy Ian. I met Ian in Maine last summer while doing research at the university. Ian is a very unique guy, super old school and super southern. He refers to Dan and I as damn yankees... He is extremely smart, just graduated LSU with a 4.0 and knows just about everything about everything, a real good tour guide around Louisiana.

The first thing we did was go to the Rural Life Museum. It took place on an old plantation with lots of southern houses, machinery, that sort. Ian was great at explaining everything.






That night we came back to Ian's apartment and we pulled out the guitars and he had his dobro and mountain dulcimer. Bluegrass, blues and jazz are all huge down here. Ian can really play that thing.

Yesterday Dan and I headed to downtown Baton Rouge. The largest state capital building in the country is located there. Today we drove out to New Orleans. It is a really cool city, very different then any other city I've been to. We did all the tourist things I guess. We went to the Old Absinthe House which is one of the first bars in the country, established in 1807. We also went to the D-Day museum, Bourbon St., a bunch of other places as well.







So I broke for a moment. I've been vegetarian for over 2 years and I decided to try some alligator. I ate one piece and it was surprisingly good. Dan finished the rest. Makes for a good story I guess. Tomorrow we leave for Austin, TX. Yeeha.