I wanted to set up camp at a state park SE of Lafayette but the state website said it was still closed for repairs after the most recent hurricanes. So I was headed for a different state park about forty miles to the SE of Baton Rouge instead. The website description said alligators could sometimes be seen in nearby Lake Maurepas. But it got late and dark, and I was tired and hungry. So I stopped just east of Baton Rouge at a KOA and had a delicious dinner of fried crawfish tails and etouffee at Don's Seafood Hut. So far, the only alligators I have seen have been the truck tire treads scattered on the shoulders of the highways. Perhaps tomorrow, I hope to ride along the gulf coast into Texas, if the road is passable.
