From I-10, take exit # 103 (A or B as appropriate) onto I-49, heading North. Evangeline Throughway becomes I-49
after it passes under I-10. Proceed North on I-49 about 21 miles to the 3rd Opelousas exit, Exit 19B, marked "US 190 West".
The exit ramp will curl around the the right and place you heading West.
Take US 190 West straight through downtown Opelousas (a one way street for a while).
About seven miles from Opelousas, you'll just begin to see the top of Lawtell, LA's watertank.
When you first see the watertank, slow down and look for Richard's Club on the left.
Highway US 190 at this point is a flat and wide, divided 4 lane highway and it's easy to fly right past the place.
If you enter Lawtell, you've gone about 3/4 mile too far.
Richard's Club is an unimposing place set in a row of houses and other buildings and is easy to miss. There will be a mobile sign out front
that may or may not be lit which says "Richards Club" and lists that weekend's bands. At night,
the dead giveaway are the dozens of cars parked up and down the shoulders of US 190.
