Day 20 - Sorry We Are Closed

It is nice to cycle into a city on a Sunday. You get quiet streets, not much traffic. 

However. 

When you wake up Monday morning (of American Thanksgiving week), you learn that ...

The Capitol Building is closed today. 

The Old Capital Museum is closed today. 

The Arts and Science Museum is closed today. 

The whiskey tour is closed today. 

The Farmer's Market - only in Saturday. 

Heck, even Discover Baton Rouge Visitors Center  was closed today!!

So we wandered the quiet streets and took in the beautiful architecture (from outside the buildings), the library and arts center, parks and art. 

The Old Capital Building is beautiful. 

And the old live oak trees around it are incredible. 

The USS Kidd* was open (woot woot!!) and we had fun doing the tour. Very well done, you get to explore the whole ship, down into the bowels and up to the gun deck. 

*Fletcher-class destroyer USS KIDD (DD-661), the "Pirate of the Pacific" located in the heart of scenic downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she is the centerpiece of a memorial which serves to honor the men and women of our American armed forces. 

The balance of the day was admittedly indulgent. Watching some HBO, some world cup soccer, a visit to the fitness room and a quiet (Monday Night Football) night. 

Stats of a quiet day. 

Tomorrow we roll outta here