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By Dr. Harry Tennant
Thursday, January 5, 2012 Education Ride 365: Natchitoches And Alexandria, Louisiana The Cycle and I pulled out of the Starbucks in Nacogdoches, Texas around noon on Day 3---January 3rd---headed for Alexandria, LA. The road less taken is direct between Nacogdoches, TX and Natchitoches, LA. Highway 26 winds through piney woods before crossing the Sabine River on the border. On the LA side, 21 becomes Highway 6. That is where I met the Suzuki's (featured in an earlier post). After meeting them, I ate a cup of Gumbo and a bowl of Etouffee at "The Fisherman's Galley" just a half mile into LA. Neither were particularly good...nor was the atmosphere. No worries, though, because I knew I was that much closer to my aunt's gumbo in Lafayette...which would be piping hot (and just the best) upon my scheduled arrival a few days later! Once Highway 6 hits Natchitoches, I turned south on Interstate 49 for about 50 miles to Alexandria. Day 3 stats: 195.8 miles traveled, 5 hours and 9 minutes of moving time, 38 miles per hour average moving time, and 1 hour and 35 minutes of stopped time. ----------- Random interesting fact I learned on Day 3: Anderson Cooper's mom is Gloria Vanderbilt. His brother committed suicide by jumping out of one of the Biltmore Estate windows. I need to look it all up. That is the extent of what I know about it. A few months ago I visited the Biltmore Estate. It is unbelievable!! Simply an amazing place. I never made the connection with Anderson though. He seems like such a cool guy. ----------- In Alexandria I spent the night of Day 3 and Day 4 at the beautiful home of Liz and Larry. More on this couple in my next post. Day 4 I toured the area around Alexandria and back up to Natchitoches. I jumped on Old Alexandria Highway (28) and headed toward Leesville, home of the important military base---> Fort Polk. I them veered off on bumpy, curvy country road 117 through the scrub pine of the Kisatchie National Forest. That basically took me to Natchitoches, where I explored the historic streets and area the movie "Steel Magnolias" was filmed on.  In Natchitoches I ate a fantastic grilled salmon lunch at the Trail Boss Steakhouse! Really, really yummy!  I then jumped on Highway 1--that parallels Interstate 49--back south to Alexandria. Along the way I visited Northwood High School...  ...before finishing Day 4 traveling 121 to 496, pulling back into Liz and Larry's place on Pecan Row Lane. There are plenty of pecans around here!  Day 4 stats: 157.7 miles traveled, 3 hours and 30 minutes of moving time, 1 hour and 3 minutes of stopped time, 45 miles per hour average moving speed, and a max speed of 78.7 miles per hour! Posted at 9:15 AM Keywords: EdClick , Cycle Of Education , Education Ride 365_Day 3 , Nacogdoches , Natchitoches , Education Ride 365_Day 4 , Alexandria , Northwood High School 0 Comments |