Aside from a dismal performance on the gridiron, the weather was fantastic this weekend on the Bayou. I made my first road trip to New Orleans/Baton Rouge this weekend (despite wanting to chicken out around 10 pm the Saturday before). I've now been to LSU, Auburn, South Carolina and Tennessee, leaving only 8 more SEC stadiums to cross off my bucket list (including Texas A&M) - still not quite sure how I'll work in a trip to Athens, though.
I must say, excluding the football game, it was probably my favorite SEC trip. We had a great time in New Orleans Friday night and Sunday. Saturday, there were 3 buses of Gators that made the day trip to Baton Rouge with the NOLA Gator Club. The Baton Rouge Gator Club hosted a great tailgate, and the LSU fans for the most part, we're genuinely hospitable and one of the nicest fan bases I've encountered. I even tried fried alligator (!)
For all the hype surrounding Death Valley, I didn't find it that intimidating. Perhaps it was that our seats were 3 inches from the sun, or maybe that it was a day game, but Ben Hill Griffin a week before seemed much louder to me. It wasn't a great game, but was a great weekend overall with great friends.
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