Although the trip was short we did a ton of stuff. First of all the food was great, my favorites were the sweet potatoes and the turkey gumbo. Thanksgiving day we kicked back and then played a game of RISK. Apparently I'm way behind in the times because this was the first time I had played this game. It's probably one of the funnest games I've played. Way better than Monopoly because you attempt to conquer the world instead of just buying properties.
On Friday we went to the LSU game. Most of you know that I'm not a football fan but it was still pretty fun. The LSU fans are crazy for their team; I'm told the tailgating starts the day before the game and they party hard all the way until the game is over. Laura knew that I wasn't super pumped about the game so she said tried to encourage me by telling me that the game would only be a couple of hours long. Just my luck...it went into triple overtime and we were there for almost 5 hours. It did end up being pretty fun overall and even better to watch the fans go nuts; unfortunately LSU lost to Arkansas.
Saturday we checked out the Baton Rouge velodrome that unfortunately had been converted into a BMX park. For those that don't know a velodrome in an oval cycling track with steep banked turns. I thought it was an odd city to have a velodrome built in but I guess it was used for a youth Olympic event. We also visited the State Capital and saw the bullet holes in the granite where Huey Long was shot.
Other misc. activities were trips to Coffee Call for beignets (southern doughnuts...kind of), and a few solid hours logged on the Wii.
Big thanks to the Moody's for the Southern Hospitality and a memorable holiday.
7 comments:
Um, I had to watch that game at Cal's house and I was about to slit my wrists! Thank heaven we had Macayo's to save us.
The turkey gumbo sounds tasty. I never end up eating turkey on Thanksgiving, but I might have tried it if we had that!
Wii also played the wii! Wah wah wha! I know. Kev and I are now addicted to Guitar Hero. You would have been busting up watching my mom and Jeanette play!
I also am addicted to Guitar Hero. In fact I called my little sis the other day to make sure she was bring it to Reno for Christmas. That's about 95% of the reason I'm going to Reno for Christmas. Just Kidding Mom!!!
Sounds like you guys had a ton of fun. I have always wanted to go to the South! Just for the FOOD!
We too have the Wii addiction, but I am ready to toss Tiger Woods out the window! I'm sad that we won't see you guys for Christmas.
I know...it feel like I haven't seen the Nelson side of the fam for a while. The sad thing is that I'm pretty sure we only live about 5 miles from where you guys live.
Ben it is about time you start liking football. It makes you more of a man! LSU football is a religion in the south.
Let's get one thing strait...I still don't LIKE football. I purely did that for my sweet wife. As far as being more of a man we'll see who's the real man at the Catalina race. Ha Ha BTW Matt claims he's in!
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