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Nasty Motel

By on Jul 15, 2017 in Adventure & Travel, Life | 0 comments

Recap: In the previous blog, we drove from New Orleans to Baton Rouge where we sat inside a McDonalds for four hours. Eventually, we made our way towards Austin, TX. We had planned to drive all the way to Austin but due to work, we were only in Houston by 9:30pm. We debated whether to drive another three hours in the dark to Austin or find a campsite or hotel in Houston. Since, we were already on a longer stint than our normal weekend trips, we weren’t fond of the idea of setting up a tent in the dark and having to pack up again. Needless to say, we were in the market for a cheap motel. After a quick search on yelp, we found one on the outskirts of town for about fifty bucks. We knew it wasn’t going to be anything great but it would give us a place to sleep for the night. As we were pulling into the motel, RJ noticed an adjacent establishment that advertised an entire $5...

Expensive Mugs and Fine Dining

By on Jul 13, 2017 in Adventure & Travel | 0 comments

We woke up the following morning with a few bugs crawling on us since we hadn’t set up the tent the night before. There was a bit of tension in the air from last night’s marital discourse regarding where to place the sleeping mats. I started rolling up the sleeping bags and deflating the sleeping mats while RJ struck up a conversation with our campsite neighbor whom we had noticed the previous night sleeping sans tent.  The man was from Minnesota and was on a guys-only trip with a few of his buddies. He asked about our bike, where we were from, and where we were going.  He and RJ got to talking about motorcycles and RJ discovered he owned a bike as well.  After adding each other on Facebook, told us to contact him if we ever make our way to Minnesota so he could ride with us and show us around. I had finished packing so I grabbed my clothes for the day and walked over to...

Baton Rouge/New Orleans, Louisiana

By on Jul 13, 2017 in Adventure & Travel | 1 comment

We geared up and set our GPS for Baton Rouge.We rode through gorgeous green country, lots of soybean fields and trees lining the road. Sprawling estates enhanced the beauty of Southern Mississippi and continued into Louisiana.Stretching 34 floors into the Louisiana sky, the tallest capitol building was easy to spot from miles away.We parked beside Capitol Lake and walked through the side garden to the entrance.It was bustling inside: people everywhere, from legislators and senators to tourists. We climbed the stairs to the second floor where we got our stamp from the information desk.RJ and I sat in on the House of Reps for a little while and listened to the agenda and bills to be passed. After listening to the committees and realizing nothing too exciting was happening, we decided to venture to the observation deck, 27 stories up.I was not about to walk up all...