April 26, 2024
We got a nice clear day in Lake Village on April 12. I wanted to go see the Louisiana State Cotton Museum in Lake Providence, Louisiana. Google claimed the museum was open, so we geared up and headed out.
The museum is in Louisiana on Hwy 65 across the highway from Lake Providence. We had driven past it on the way to Lake Village, Arkansas.
When we arrived, the first thing we noticed was there were no vehicles in the parking lot. Okay, then.
The museum was closed! We did walk around and look at the outdoor exhibits. We also peered in the windows.
We made a couple of stops on the way back, I’ll blog about them later.
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It’s nice to see someone take motorcycle safety seriously!
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I’ve been told I look like an astronaut or a test pilot. I do what I can to ride safely and comfortably.
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It hurts my stomach every time I see someone with missing limbs/ears or road rash because they didn’t want to be bothered. I imagine that leathers aren’t comfortable in the summer, though.
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I have high tech mesh gear with armor. In the winter, I put in the liners and in the spring, I take them the liners out. The mesh does a lot to keep me cool, as long as we are moving. Standing in my gear does make me hot and if it is over 95 degrees F, riding in my gear is hot. I still wear it because I want to keep all my parts if we go down. I believe in ATGATT – All the gear all the time.
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I did think “why is there an astronaut at the cotton museum”? The technology for protective wear has come a long way since the first time I ever rode. Interesting museum!
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Same here, one of my college boyfriends had a motorcycle and off we’d go, no real thought to safety, other than a helmet.
I do wish we could’ve toured the inside of the buildings. We could hear recordings playing at the church and the sharecropper’s shack, but we couldn’t understand them.
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The Frogmore Cotton Plantation west of Natchez, MS was one of the most interesting plantations I have visited.
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It sounds interesting! I’m sure we’ll visit Natchez sometime and I’ll be sure to check it out.
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Well bummer that the museum was closed. But looks like you still got to see quite a bit. I am interested in how the cotton is made into yarn, as well as the production, and of course the lives of the people involved.
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I am also interested in how cotton is made into yarn and the production of it. My dad and his sisters grew up picking cotton. They would tell stories about it. Apparently, cotton is very scratchy and would cut them up. I was always glad I didn’t have to pick cotton.
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How interesting about your dad and sisters. I supposed removing the scratchy part of the plant is part of the processing. It also sounds hot and tedious to pick a bunch of cotton.
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I’m sorry I wasn’t clear, it was my dad’s sisters, my aunts. It sounded miserable to me.
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