A visit to Avery Island LA
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A visit to Avery Island LA - The home of Tabasco sauce
We went to New Orleans in August 2021 to get my older son setup at college there and being a long time fan of Tabasco sauce I really wanted to visit the Tabasco facility on Avery Island while we were close by. It was about a 3 hour drive there via Baton Rouge and Lafayette on I-10. We came back the shorter way on US-90 through Morgan City, which is about a 2 hour drive.
Avery Island is a salt dome currently about 3 miles from the Gulf of Mexico.
A boulder of rock salt:
Rock Salt mine - sign:
Gallon sized jars of Tabasco sauce at the company gift shop:
Part of the Tabasco pepper plant breeding facility:
The Tabasco sauce blending facility:
As seen in the Tabasco museum:
Tabasco Red paint:
Live oaks near the gift shop:
Avery Island Jungle Gardens
We drove through the Avery Island Jungle Gardens
The gator swamp at Avery Island Jungle Gardens:
The wisteria arch at Avery Island Jungle Gardens:
The Cleveland Oak at Avery Island Jungle Gardens:
