Day Trips from New Orleans

Enjoy a welcome change of pace and discover a world you may not know exists in your own backyard. Day Trips® describes hundreds of fascinating and exciting things to do, many free of charge and most within a two-hour drive of New Orleans. Explore 23,000 acres of preserved swampland and marshes at Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge Test the limits of your taste buds at the McIlhenny Company Tabasco Factory and Country Store Blast off in a simulated shuttle flight at the John C. Stennis Space Center Tour historic Plantation Country-then get a different view of the antebellum South at the River Road African-American Museum Spend an afternoon at Grandmother's Buttons, a unique shop and museum with buttons dating back to the 1700s Each Day Trip Includes: Travel directions Destination highlights Other places to visit along the way Choice restaurants and lodging (including price ranges) ShoppingGaffney, James is the author of 'Day Trips from New Orleans', published 2005 under ISBN 9780762729753 and ISBN 0762729759.