Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Austin to Roanoke

We took a few days to drive from Austin to Roanoke, stopping along the way at a few places we wanted to see.  Stop No. 1 was Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, in the heart of Cajun music country.

We spend much of a Sunday afternoon at La Poussiere, which was indeed an authentic Cajun dancehall that catered to locals and a couple of novice Texans.  Outside, a very unadorned square building with a sign.  Inside, the layout was much like the Broken Spoke:  a bandstand at one end with a large dance floor in front of it, and tables and chairs on either side of the dance floor.  Rollicking good music.



Then, at dinnertime, we went to Mulates restaurant, which had similar music, but is built and priced for tourists.  Both places had good bands and prominent steel guitar players.  Surprise!