McKendrick - Breaux House
Travel Blogs from New Orleans
New Orleans : Hurricanes and Swamp People
... alligators (but small ones) that they feed with small hot dog sausages and, of all things, marshmallows. Weird, I know,but they all seemed to like it. They came up pretty close to the boat, which was pretty cool. We also saw some turtles, a couple of snakes ( which I wasn't so keen about) and even a wild pig. Who can apparently swim pretty well - who would have thought? The whole thing went for about an hour and a half, and overall I would definitely recommend it. Then ...
To New Orleans in 11 hours!
... cords and strong pulls to keep that stupid bike rack in check)
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This was a long day of driving. We ended up in New Orleans around 8:30p. That is over 11 hours of driving. But it was worth it with all of the things we got to see walking around French Quarter. We also had some good food at the Gumbo Shop. Highly recommend. Their Red Beans, rice and sausage was awesome!! Very filling. And their warm bread was to die for.
When ...
NOLA Night 1
... quickly as possible and set our stuff down. We were greeted by one of the two owners, Dave. He assured us the neighbourhood is safe and perfectly normal for New Orleans. he gave us maps, told us safe and direct routes to things and made sure we were comfortable. He left us to it... We flapped.
New Orleans is like no other city in the world. The old architecture and heavily plant lined broken streets are intimidating. We decided heading over the road to ...
Alabama, Mississippi et Louisiane
... de guerre dans ce monde. Nous avons passé une excellente journée. Nous sommes présentement dans un camping où nous passerons la nuit. Une douche s'impose hihi. Nous ne savons pas ce que nous ferons dans les prochains jours. Nous laissons la vie nous guider. Jusqu'à maintenant, elle nous a permit de vivre de bons moments et ce n'est qu'un début. Je vous laisse nous allons à la piscine avant de nous coucher. Donnez nous de vos nouvelles.
Marie et Phil xxxx
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Feb 5 - NOMA Sculpture Garden
... recipe book). It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go for a walk to City Park (by the New Orleans Museum of Art - aka NOMA) and wander thru the outdoor Sculpture Garden.
City Park was the site of the Allard Plantation. It has 1,300 acres and has the largest collection of mature live oaks in the world. Trees in the oldest grove are over 600 years old.
The Sculpture Garden is a 5-acre outdoor garden ...