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26-Oct-2025 -- Halfway to the International Date Line and a third of the way to the North Pole! My visit to this "twelve-zero confluence" was on the last day of a Louisiana guys' trip (LSU football game, French Quarter, half marathon). After dropping the six of them off at the Superdome for a Saints game, I drove ten minutes east on I-10, exiting south at Jourdain Avenue past the defunct Faubourg Brewing Company and following on to Terminal Road. I saw not a person nor a moving vehicle after leaving the highway, just rural industrial sprawl on this fine 85°F Sunday afternoon.

I pulled into the driveway of this unmarked pump station and parked at 4:39pm. I could see a cold beverage storage facility to the northwest. From here it was a simple walk nearly due east. I stayed atop the levee as I walked, first along concrete and then grass (growing atop perforated rubber matting meant to prevent rapid erosion should the Intracoastal Waterway to the south crest its top).

As previous visitors have noted, the view from the actual confluence point is nothing to write home about, a few hundred feet to the north of (and below) the levee, but the walk there and back (roughly 1.5 miles total) is spectacular: barges in the waterway, New Orleans skyline on the southwest horizon, forest and railway to the north, and plenty of birds ...and one mosquito bite. I spat sunflower seeds into the breeze and enjoyed the late afternoon vibes.

I was back at the car 35 minutes after leaving it, and I drove back into the city. I love how close everything in New Orleans is. I visited the Flooded House Museum, three used book stores in the Quarter, and Brieux Carré Brewing for a Czech lager (Lukr pour!) before meeting back up with the krewe.