In LA, you could visit the Tabasco factory on Avery Island. It's just south of Lafayette off I-49. If you want REAL cajun cooking, just west of Lafayette on I-10 is a small town called Henderson. Skip the stuff along the access rd and go to Pat's or at night Robin's (Row-ban's), great stuff. On the west bank of the Mississippi about 15 mi S of Baton Rouge is Nottoway, the largest Antebellum home still in existence. Go visit Mike the tiger at LSU. ;-) Or visit the state capital in B.R. and see the holes in the wall where Huey P Long got gunned down. :shock:
If you like history, from Gulf Shores you can go West to the old Fort at the tip of Mobile Bay called Fort Morgan. I used to know a couple of great hole in the wall bars down there, but I have no idea if this wacky ******* place on the back bay called the keg survived all the hurricanes. It's the ultimate ******* bar, front looks like a gigantic beer keg. :lol:
