Sandy beaches are the stereotypical scene of most college students’ spring break excursions, but some students took advantage of the break to do something different. The Daily Reveille spoke with a few students who took a different route during their week of freedom.
Boulder, Colorado
Over spring break, French senior Jay Ledoux flew to Colorado to visit a friend at the University of Colorado at Boulder and hike in the nearby area.
Ledoux said he wanted to go hiking in a national park and saw spring break as the perfect opportunity to fulfill his aspirations.
While hiking and camping in the Rocky Mountain National Park, Ledoux said he saw a waterfall, frozen lake and an elk.
“There’s still snow everywhere,” he said.
While in Boulder, Ledoux also toured the Avery Brewing Company.
“We toured the brewery and then had a few pints at their tap room,” he said. “We talked to the bartender, who gave us a discount because we were from Louisiana. It was cool touring a brewery bigger than Baton Rouge’s Tin Roof, and I always like tasting beer we can’t get in Louisiana.”
Washington, D.C.
During kinesiology junior Brad Field’s first trip to Washington, D.C., he flew to the nation’s capitol to visit a childhood friend at Georgetown University and to tour the campus and surrounding area.
While in Washington, Field toured many of the major landmarks in the city including the White House, the Washington Monument, the Capital and the Smithsonian Museum.
Georgetown’s spring break falls on Mardi Gras, and Field said his friend visits home during that time to partake in the New Orleans celebration. This year, Field saw spring break as the perfect opportunity to switch the pattern and visit his pal in Washington.
“Everything is totally different in Washington D.C.,” Field said. “It’s nothing like Baton Rouge.”
New York City
International studies and horticulture senior Alex Bobet visited New York City over the break. Her road trip began in Baton Rouge, and she stopped in Pensacola to visit the beach.
After soaking up the sun in Florida, Bobet said she drove 22 hours to New York City, where she attended a “vegan foodie tour” and visited the New York University campus and a number of museums, including the Museum of Modern Art.
Bobet said she wanted a low- key spring break and thought a road trip to New York City would meet those expectations.
“Every other time that I’ve been, it’s included extensive sightseeing, and this is more of exploring hidden gems outside of Manhattan,” she said. “I’d been on road trips before, but not to the length that this one is.”
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