Covington, La

Saturday was a good day to explore Covington. We located the art market on Lee Lane and found ourselves in a district of old homes in the downtown area. We parked in an ox lot, a central area for multiple use which was located in the center of each block when the town was laid out. Certainly it was not designed with parked cars in mind! It turned out to be a good spot to be until the parade was over.


We walked around town and went to the old H. J. Smith & Sons Country Store & Museum but only to find it closed on Saturday afternoon. It has been in operation by the Smith family since 1876.


We toured the parking lot where the floats were lining up for the parade and then after supper we set out our chairs on Boston Street and enjoyed a 6 pm parade - the Krewe of Olympia, a 260 member krewe founded by north shore businessmen in 1965. We took our treasures, headed south, and called it a fine day.