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On the Road Again . . . to New Orleans
... Frank if we'd be going close to St. Francisville, LA, today. Yes! So I started trying to get in touch with an old college classmate, Joe Ratcliff, who is a retired Baptist minister there. We thought we'd be in his "neighborhood" around lunch time; however, when I finally made contact with him, I found that his wife (Carol) had had a colonoscopy this morning and was now snoozing like a baby. No waking her up just for lunch! I understood ...
New Orleans, Cajun Country and San Antonio TX
... and a sugar cookie with pink sugar.
After dinner we went back to the hotel and walked along the river walk before I decided to swim in the pool.
Saturday after a quick breakfast at Starbuck’s in the hotel lobby, we went out at 8am to walk a long the river walk a little ways down to the Rivercenter Mall to the Imax theater for the 9am viewing of The Alamo. The movie is a nice introduction to the story of the ...
Why oh Why?...
Wow. Ok. so there really isn't really much to tell about New Orleans. The city is just how you would expect it to be. It is pretty, there's definitely some history to it but what is most surprising is how the city is. It still seems as they are still far away from how the city probably was. Much left to be desired but it was ok.
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New Orleans - The Sad City of Jazz.
... bike. I think we should have purchased him a bright pink one to match mine, but he found one identical to his missing bike, and also bought a strong KRYPONITE lock! No
one is going to cut this lock. Let's hope not! Now we not only lock them up with 2 locks, but he also removes the seats when the bikes are on the back of the car.
We went on a bus tour of the city of New Orleans, and visited the areas ...
New Orleans
... War) and the author Frances Parkinson Keyes.
We stopped for a comfort stop at Basin Street Station which, contrary to what the name suggests, is now just a tourist centre. It has a couple of excellent dioramas of the French Quarter on either side of the door as you enter.
We drove down Esplanade Avenue past some lovely old houses (many of which have now been converted to B&Bs) to get to St Louis Cemetery #3 which was opened for business in 1848. Ironically ...