Thurs. 5/28…
(New Orleans , LA ) Last night while walking Bailey, I came across a
family staying on base. Both Jeremy and
Kelly are service or ex service. They
have three young adorable kids with them.
They also have Daisy, a cute 4 year old Labradoodle that really hit it
off with Bailey. After about an hour of
play and conversation, they volunteered to come get Bailey when we go into the
city to tour. We graciously accepted
their offer with the caveat that we pay the kids. So off we went…. We decided to catch the
ferry from Algiers
which is south of the city. We decided
to buy tickets to the Hop-On Hop-Off City Tour.
The tickets ($36. ea.) are good for three days. Our first stop was at French Market where we
hopped off to grab a bite at The Gazebo.
I had gumbo and Lydia
had a roast beef poorboy with gravy.
Both were amazing! We walked over
to Café Du Monde for hot beignets. Also
amazing! Then it was back on the bus for the trip around town. Our tour director was ok with the info he
provided but his microphone was very squeaky and hard on the ears. We made all the stops and stayed on to get an
idea where we want to stop tomorrow.
We headed back to the
ferry and made our way home. We were
stuffed from all that food so no dinner tonight. We did break out the wine and our neighbors
joined us for a little bit till the skeeters showed up.
Fri. 5/29… (New Orleans , LA )
We decided to go back into the city
this morning to see stops we missed yesterday. One on our list was the above
ground cemetery. Bill & Treasa have
seen this before so they passed today so the four of us took off for the ferry
and got over there before the crowds. We
weathered the mini storm while waiting for the bus and then hopped on and were
given some mini rain slickers as we wanted to ride in the upper section and it
was still a bit wet. But we got to the
stop and walked the short distance to the Lafayette Cemetery
#1 and toured the place. It was very
interesting to see the crypts above ground.
We walked back and
boarded the bus just before it was going to pull away. Lucky for us! We rode it back to the French Market and
hopped off to shop a bit and then have lunch, again at The Gazebo because we
enjoyed it so much yesterday. We got
back on and rode the circuit back to the first stop then headed back on the
ferry and then home.
As I mentioned, our new friends
have been walking Bailey each day. The
kids (9 year old twins Adam and Lily, and 7 year old Applejoy, yes that is her name!) are the sweetest
and best behaved kids we have seen in a long time. I took some pictures and mom
Kelly sent me some that she took. They
are also walking Rick & Janie’s dogs as well. We’ll give them some money
tomorrow after our last day out.
We had decided earlier
in the day that we wanted to go to a murder mystery dinner tonight on the base
and found they still had tickets (reduced to ½ price on the last day to $5.). The dinner was very good. They served spaghetti, chicken pasta, seafood
pasta, salad, drinks and several desserts. After dinner the entertainment
began. They came to our table and chose
Rick to play the role of Dr. Joe King, and then later they got Janie to be
Cindy Leapyear. We were to listen to all the suspect’s stories and determine
who killed the rockstar Poison Rattenstien’s manager. Dr. Joe and Miss Cindy
did an excellent job in their characters as did the other ‘suspects’ and made
the evening fun! Turns out our table
(there were 8 tables and each had to come up with a name – ours was the Donner
Party) actually figured out who the killer was and why. Cindy Leapyear did it! We got a nice certificate and
everything! We were really shocked
because we were just guessing.
Nevertheless it was a fun evening!
Sat. 5/30… (New Orleans , LA ) Today is our last day in the New Orleans area. We have seen the city and
decided to take a drive out to the country (65 miles one way) to tour the Oak
Alley Plantation. We left about 9:00am and stopped at the Waffle House for
breakfast. It was surprisingly good and reasonably priced. We got to the
plantation and paid the $18. (senior rate) and walked the grounds a bit before
going to meet the tour guide/docent to walk through the main house.
The
plantation was established with the main crops being sugar cane. We saw the slave
quarters and the sugar kettles used to cook the sugar cane that was part of the
crops grown here.
We also
saw the large oak trees planted over 300 years ago. They stretch from the house
to the road and form a great arch that was majestic.
After the
tour was stopped and had a soda or water and decided to head home. Ok - time
for a medical issue - the first day in NO, Lydia felt a pain in her foot. No
warning - no twist - just when she took a few steps after our lunch stop it
hurt. It's not any better today so we decided to stop at the ER (Oschner
Medical Ctr) to have it looked at. After x-rays and an hour later she
found out nothing was broken. They
suggested she put on compression stockings to alleviate the swelling while
might make it better. She’s still convinced it’s broken since she’s had this
kind of splinter break in the past.
We’ll watch it and go in again if we need to. Since we were off base we
met up with the others at Adams Catfish House for dinner. This place ranked right up there with the
best seafood we have had on this trip!
Afterward we went home and hung around with Kelly and the kids and paid
the kids for walking our dogs. Mom said it was the first money they have ever
earned. She wants to make up a sign for
when they are on base for the other campers advertising their services. After
they left we sat out for a while and talked about tomorrow when we split up.
Sun. 5/31… (Theodore/Mobile,
AL ) This morning we said our goodbyes to Bill &
Treasa and they headed out. They are
driving 240 miles to Pensacola
FL. We only have 140 miles to go so we took off
about 9:15am. The drive was very nice. We are now at Payne’s RV Park in
Theodore, AL., which is just south of Mobile .
This park is real nice, tucked away from the road. We overlook a little pond and a grassy
field. We got everything squared away
and after a rest and a cool drink, we headed off to Walmart. Janie is cooking
tonight. She fixed a chicken tortilla
casserole with salad and vegetables. We
have to get used to cooking for four now. It was very good. We talked about our
plans tomorrow. We want to go to into Mobile and see the
sights. After dinner, we headed home to catch up on some tv.
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