This is my first time visiting Louisiana and I’ve seen a lot. Staying with my gracious Bed & Breakfast hosts, stopping in at school supply stores, and watching the sunsets should have been enough.
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Beautiful Louisiana sunset off the highway.
But I got a chance to experience Louisiana on a deeper level. I saw how helpful people can be here when you are really in trouble. Between fixing my brakes, experiencing a tire blowout on the freeway, having a crew of men jump out and change my spare, and practically living at the mechanic’s garage as they needed to check my van for the third time in two days, I really got to experience what Southern Hospitality is all about.
Special thanks to Larry Bennett and Charlie of Total Tire and Service, Baton Rouge, who put up with me.
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And to my heroes, Terry Logan, Carl Pelletrin and Todd Baker, of Louisiana’s Wildlife and Fisheries Department, who jumped out of their trucks, grabbed their tools and put on my spare as cars whizzed by at 80 miles per hour.
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My heroes from Louisiana’s Wildlife and Fisheries Department.
I will never forget my time in Louisiana.