Day 5
Today, is a new day! After, not sleeping well, I just wanted out of the parking lot. So, we packed up, drove to the gas station on the corner, go some good ole coffee and gassed up.
We had plans to tour the Tabasco Factory on Avery Island in LA. I heard about it from a lady names Lisa, that I met at the Livingston State Park.
So, with coffee in hand and gas in the tank we headed that way. It was about an 45 min drive.
The World Famous Tabasco Pepper Sauce began on Avery Island in 1868 by Edmund Mcllhenny. The diet of the Reconstruction South as bland and monotonous, especially by Louisiana standards. Edmund decided to give it some flavor. Tabasco sauce with only 3 ingredients Red peppers, salt and vinegar it was created. Tabasco, a word of the Mexican Indian origin meaning “place where the soil is humid or place of the coral or oyster shell”. By the 1870s it was sold throughout U.S and Europe. Aged in white oak barrels and aged up to 3 yrs., the process of the sauce had evolved but the taste has remained the same. The business after all these yrs continues to be family owned with a variety of Tabasco flavors now available.
After our tour, we ate at the local Tabasco restaurant. Enjoying some crab cakes, red beans and rice, salad, etoufee and a corn and crab chowder bread bowl. Yes, of course with Tabasco on it. It was all delicious!
We finished brunch and drove through the Jungle Garden located on the property. It is a beautiful area with huge Live Oak Trees, various types of wildlife “alligators, herons, and snowy egrets. There is a botanical garden with a variety of flowering plants and trees (camellia, azalea, iris, lily and wisteria).
Soon our tour was over and it was time to head out. We are now in Gulf Port, MS. at a KOA. While, this is not the type of camping TJ Shack is used to, we will still make memories. And hope the train that runs directly behind our area doesn’t come at night.
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