New Orleans

We arrived in New Orleans yesterday
afternoon.  After an "All Shook Up" (I still have Elvis on my mind) ride we made it safely to Pontchartrain Landing, a really neat RV park 10 minutes from downtown.

The last 50 or 60 miles into New Orleans has to be the most unique road I've ever driven.  I've been here before, with friends, on a motorcycle trip but this was the first time in a vehicle..  Coming over all of that swamp and then Lake Pontchartrain appears.  It's a wow no matter where you've been or what you've seen.

The road is definitely rough.  We have some rough roads back in Manitoba but they are no worse than the roads here.  I don't remember that from our motorcycle trip here so maybe it has something to do with hurricane Katrina.

We parked our RV and immediately met a fellow who is a fellow Escapee, pulling his 5th wheel with a HD truck.  It's a Volvo but we won't hold that against him.  I've watched him, on line, building his truck over the last year or so and now here he is.  I suspect we'll have a few hours of "truck talk" before we leave here.

Once we had the car unloaded we headed straight for the nearest fish market for shrimp.  At $4.50 a pound we decided we could have 2 pounds.  I love the way Bernie cooks them up with garlic butter and of course I get to sit and enjoy my favourite beverage while she peels and cleans them.  :-)   What a feast.

Today we're going to see a movie about Katrina, then it's on the shuttle for the French Quarter to sight see until dinner.  We'll find some seafood and then spend the evening enjoying some New Orleans Jazz  wherever we may find it.  Of course Saturday night in The French Quarter can be an interesting time to just people watch.  We're looking forward to it.

They say New Orleans is the most unique city in North America,.  I think they're right and we're looking forward to seeing as much of it as we can.  We're planning to spend 3 days here but last night we talked about maybe extending it to a week.  The problem is we have to be somewhere by _________________.   Opps I forget, we're retired - I guess we don't have to be anywhere until ???????????????   Hmmm maybe we will stay a week.  :-) :-) :-)

Have a super day, thanks for stopping by, and please do leave a comment when you can.

Neal and Bernie