Monday (5/6) Left New Orleans for Baton Rouge.  We had to breakdown our camping set up in a very big hurry as we woke up to thunder and lightening.  Took everything down and packed it up in record time AND we beat the rain.

Arrived at Baton Rouge and visited the State Capitol building.  It is a non-traditional capitol building in that it has no dome and looks  like the Empire State Building.  It is the tallest State Capitol in the USA - coming in at 450 ft (see picture.)  It was the brain child of Huey P. Long, a Governor of LA and a US Senator.  It was completed in 1932 and he was assassinated in that building in 1935.   The reason for his assassination is unknown. 

Our next stop was the Louisiana State University Rural Life Museum.  This depicted rural southern life in the mid 1800s - showing how primitive living structures were and how little people had.   It was an un-glamorized view of southern life far from the wealthy plantations. The Church has painted windows because the community was too poor to have stained glass (see picture.)

The last stop of the day was the Hollywood Casino on the banks of the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge.  The casino is a riverboat that must be fully functional according to State law.  It was no where as big as the casinos that are in the Northeast.  We did gamble just a little bit and did not come out winners.  We spent the night in the parking lot of the casino.