Lincoln Parrish Park
Ruston, Louisiana
Today we wandered down some back roads to explore the sights of the area. Gibsland's claim to fame is that it was the site of the ambush and death of Bonnie and Clyde. The museum was certainly in a category by itself. As with most of the quality museums, no photography was allowed so we only have a photo of the entrance to document this educational experience.
It was sort of a do it yourself type of place but proved to be very entertaining. The owner, Boots Hinton, is the son of the local deputy sheriff who participated in the ambush. After about 1300 rounds were fired into Bonnie and Clyde's car and they had met their demise, the six law enforcement officers proceeded to search the car and remove all the weapons while the two bodies were slumped in the front seat. While all of this was going on, Boots' father was filming everything with a 16 mm camera. It was very interesting to see the film and hear the stories from Boots. Some of the "artifacts" were the shirt that Clyde was wearing complete with bullet holes, Bonnie's hat, autopsy photos, pieces of glass and part of the seat from the "death car".
For a change of pace, we also visited the Duck Commander Warehouse (from Duck Dynasty fame). The walkway up to the front door was marked with duck footprints so you wouldn't get lost. 
We didn't see anything we couldn't live without but we did have a nice lunch at Willie's Duck Diner.
We know we are in the south when all of the meat is blackened and the side dishes are okra and Jambalaya.
I would love to that museum. Duck place - I don't know since we don't have cable. I still have Bonnie and Clyde's car in Primm that I want to go see. Wonder why the museum there didn't get the car. Very interesting.
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