Louisiana Road Trip–Lake Charles, LA

Louisiana Road Trip–Lake Charles, LA

The drive from Shreveport to Lake Charles was a leisurely one spent exploring small towns and rural communities. The pace changed, though, once we hit Lake Charles and our destination, L’Auberge Casino Resort. L’Auberge towers above the city, its 26 stories making it...
Louisiana Road Trip–Shreveport, LA

Louisiana Road Trip–Shreveport, LA

There’s nothing more relaxing after two thousand miles of driving than stepping out of a jacuzzi into a plush robe, and settling down in a super king sized bed that hugs your no-longer-aching limbs. The Remington Suite Hotel and Spa in Shreveport provided...
Louisiana Road Trip–Kansas to Texas

Louisiana Road Trip–Kansas to Texas

Interstate 35 took us across the border from Kansas to Oklahoma with one noticeable change—the speed limit dropped to 70 mph. Not that traffic flowed much slower. It was starting to look more like spring, with winter wheat crops close to a foot high. The trees,...
Louisiana Road Trip–Wyoming to Kansas

Louisiana Road Trip–Wyoming to Kansas

It was a beautiful morning—seventy degrees and sunny, when we pulled out of the Dennys in Cheyenne, Wyoming. A motorcycle driver and his sidecar passenger ahead of us still wore their leathers—their license plates said they’d come from Alaska. Like us, they’d no doubt...
Louisiana Road Trip–Saskatchewan to Wyoming

Louisiana Road Trip–Saskatchewan to Wyoming

Five minutes at the Saskatchewan/U.S. border and we crossed into the United States on Highway #35. The car’s thermometer read 50 degrees—we had, of course already changed from Canadian metric display to American. It’s only seven miles from the border to Fortuna, but...