Louisiana Boudin in state 6 of 49 on our Adventure

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Passport to Leisure (Yogi Bear RV Park) in Robert, Louisiana is 2 hrs 49 min and 183 miles. Our reservation is for 2 nights, from March 28 - 30. It is an easy highway drive through Mississippi Gulf Coast into Louisiana. We use religiously Google Maps for all our trips and the TripAdvisor App for restaurants and things to do. On TripAdvisor, I am a level 6 contributor with over 100,000 views with over 186 reviews around the US and abroad.

The drive from Rainbow Plantation Escapees in Summerdale, Alabama to Passport to Leisure in Robert, LA passes us through Mississippi.

So far Lora has given Louisiana the worst roads. The highways are good, but long bridges over rivers and bayou are a roller coaster of ba-bump, ba- bump, ba-bump. Robert, Louisiana is one hour from New Orleans and the same for Baton Rouge. We had been to New Orleans in 2014. Lets flash back to December 2014.

Yogi Bear RV Park in Robert, Louisiana is a very large RV Park in excess of 300 sites. There are 2 permanent sections and 2-3 short term locations.

The night before we had a bunch of rain so the spot had a lot of standing water. We had a pull-thru site so it was not difficult to set up. We do not take out anything other than the water, sewer, power and a few chairs if it is a short stay. For this trip we are only here for 2 nights.

We were expecting rain on our single full day. As you may have noticed we seek outdoor attractions like Botanical Gardens. We had a window where the rain would come, stop and come back in the evening.

We left for Baton Rouge around 9:30 am. We were headed to the Botanic Gardens at Independence Park. We arrived in the rain. So we headed to the Capital Park Museum according to TripAdvisor. The entrance stated the Louisiana State Museum.

The museum is one of the best we have been to in our travels. The exhibits are about the culture, industry, outdoors sports, people, history, social, musical, commercial, on and on.

The book Uncle Tom's Cabin was set in Louisiana. The fishing industry along the Gulf and Bayou is very well documented. The time of the civil rights and slavery has a dedicated exhibit very well put together.

Of course there is the great music legends and Mardi Gras which is not just a New Orleans event as we found out from a very proud young volunteer happy to talk to outsiders of the state about where she grown up.

The volunteer found us three times and stayed to talk for a number of minutes about the section each time.

To your left is Julien de Lallande (Lalande) Poydras (Apr 3, 1740 – Jun 23, 1824). He was a French American slaveowner, merchant, planter, financier, poet, educator, and political leader who served as Delegate from the Territory of Orleans to the U.S. House of Representatives. He was a catalyst in the promotion of Louisiana statehood and helped draft the state's first constitution. He served as the first President of the Louisiana State Senate. One of Julien Poydras's more unusual bequests was for dowries of indigent brides in Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge Parishes. Legend attributes Julien's lifelong single status to the inability of his fiancée's family to provide the usual dowry in order for them to marry. Although the dowry fund in Pointe Coupee Parish was combined with the educational fund, the dowries continued to be issued on an annual basis at least until 1982 in West Baton Rouge Parish, each year's brides receiving an equal share of the interest accrued on the principal during the year. The volunteer told us her Sister was married last year and filed for a dowry being from the same area. She received $32.00 and a certificate.

After the museum, the was rain still falling. I wanted to head to the Science Museum on the water front. I snapped a picture of the Capital building and headed back to the truck. Lora was already there.

I seen there were beads in the trees like we had seen in New Orleans. Of course I had to get one. I found a broken branch long enough to get one down. I tried a couple of more places but failed. After getting more and more wet I gave up.

We had learned Tom Hanks was filming on the U.S.S. Kid of the waterfront. So the ship was not open. When we got down to the waterfront there was no parking available so we only took a few pictures.

We headed to Port Allen over the bridge because the Volunteer at the museum recommended we go there if we want any good boudin or Cajun meat to bring back with us. She also recommended Smiley Meat Market for some great Gumbo over by the University of Louisiana campus. We found Bergeron's Boudin & Cajun Meats in Port Allen for the boudin.

We walked in and found so much exotic meat and boudin combinations. We asked over at the Restaurant side if they had Gumbo. We were told on a rainy day everyone has gumbo. They said no, so disappointing. Over on the market side we asked someone on a lesson on boudin and what to pick. We picked up a cooler and started packing with boudin Sausage, balls and quail stuffed boudin. Lora found some side dishes they had as well. At the counter we asked if they had any suggestions for Gumbo. Bergeron's had cooked boudin and other items for sale at the counter. One of the gentlemen said he had just made a pot. If we were interested he can get us some. We said great and bought our goods. We sat down with our boudin and other items. The man brought us over the gumbo with a ball of rice in the middle. It was so good.

The rain had let up and we seen an opportunity to try the Botanic Gardens at Independence Park again near the University of Louisiana campus. While located within the Botanic Garden, the Baton Rouge Garden Center is owned and managed by the Baton Rouge Garden Club.

The rose's and iris were in perfect bloom. All of other state visits were were early. The colors and smells were wonderful. The water on the petals made for great pictures.

After the garden we sought out other attractions on TripAdvisor. We found another garden not far away so we headed to Burden Museum and Gardens. These gardens are managed by the LSU Ag Center.

The Museum is made up of gardens, trails, pay living museum, and pay statue garden. We opted for the free stuff. Once again wonderful roses.

The trail was a nice easy walk.

It was getting close to 5:00 pm and it was time to head back to the camper to feed Bella B and prepare for a departure in the morning. The next day we were headed to Mississippi.

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