Nawlins Fun

New Orleans is pretty quiet these days with Covid restrictions. There is no live music in the French Quarter and the number of tourists seems to be pretty slim. We explored the French Quarter area, including the New Orleans Jazz Museum. We tried some infamous beignets at Cafe du Monde, while listening to a busking band. Later in the day, it was a haunted walking tour that explored the legends and lore of the area.

While getting set up, Reggie was very curious. This is him through the lower storage unit looking into the area under our bed.

Streets are pretty empty here. Especially in late morning.

The US Mint part of the museum...

Then we learned about Jazz in the city. These are the earliest bass drum pedals at over 100 years old! 

Shopping in the French Quarter was amusing.

First stop on our spooky tour.

The LaLaurie Mansion story is pretty creepy.

Plantation Tours

The day started with a tour of a Swamp Nature Center in Baton Rouge. Then we toured two different planations in St. Francisville. Good Buddy was surprised by the focus on mostly the planation owners with little acknowledgement to the hundreds of slaves who used to run these properties.

A hognose snake living at the Nature Center.

Tortoise butt too.

The mirror behind us is alledgely very haunted after the children and wife's untimely death.

Molly the monarch graced us with her presence outside.

These ducks were fleeing an obnoxious hotel guest who was trying to grab them.

The Mytles Plantation facade.

The statue garden outside the Rosedale Plantaion were replicas but still striking.

Where the slaves cooked and possibly lived.

Where the owners lived....pretty striking the disparity.

The garden was full of colorful surprises.

A 260 year old live oak on the plantation.

Lousianna Calls

Today we moved further Eastbound to Lousianna and about 45 minutes West of Baton Rouge. We noticed a lot of damage to the landscape from recent hurricanes as we exitted Texas. Billboards were stripped; trees snapped in half; and neighborhoods collecting truck loads of debris to be hauled off.

There are a disproportionate amount of Trump Flags, Dollar Generals, and Texas flags in South East Texas.

The canvas billboards were not strong enough to hold on.

Boats strewn about the river's edge.

Trees snapped in half from storm damage.

In Lousianna there are various roadways that span large areas of water.