Louisiana

We drove east to Avery Island in Louisiana. It is the place where Tabasco Sauce is made. It is also a beautiful park with alligators, turtles, birds, and wonderful trees. You can see some of the beautiful moss hanging on the trees. It was really warm (about 78) and very humid. It felt great! Tomorrow is suppose to cool off alot. We are staying in Baton Rouge which we found out from our tour of the Tabasco plant today means "the little red stick" That is what the people use to tell when the peppers are the right color red to pick. We are still undecided whether to go to New Orleans or not. Everyone we have talked to said it is still pretty awful except for the French Quarter. After seeing Galveston we are not sure we want to go there unless we had time to help the people. We may stop on the way home.
Hope all is well with all of you our friends and family. Happy birthday to Aitan sorry we won't make it home for your party. Hope to see you in Australia next year.