area roadtrips on my agenda

[marathoner452]

Little Rock, Arkansas:  Central High School, Civil Rights, integration and the first test of Brown vs. Board of Education.  Central High still functions as a high school, so I'd have to plan ahead to schedule a tour.
My first visit to Arkansas to boot.
7 hours, 20 minutes, would have to spend the night

Montgomery, Alabama:  Next stop on my Civil Rights tour.  I don't have to do Birmingham because my mom and I stopped and spent several hours in the Civil Rights Museum en route to New Orleans.
4 hours, 37 minutes

Venice, LA:  All the way down in Plaquemines and farther from New Orleans than Baton Rouge, surprisingly enough.
1 hour, 57 minutes

Lafayette, LA:  For the Cajun experience and the Acadian Cultural Center.  My goal is to visit all of the parishes in Louisiana, eventually.  Given that I lived in Maryland for 24 years and still didn't see every county, it's a daunting prospect and an exciting adventure.  There are 68 parishes in Louisiana (I've only been to 5) and only something like 28 counties in Maryland.
2 hours, 16 minutes

the other national parks in Louisiana:  Poverty Point (northeast), Cane River Creole (also several hours), and Jean Lafitte and the New Orleans Jazz park in the Quarter (both very close)

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[marathoner452.livejournal.com]

2 1/2 hours, excellent idea. Just south of Lafayette, so I could combine the two roadtrips.