New Orleans!

We've made it as far as New Orleans! What a fun/exciting/scary/and depressing place to be, lol. Typical of most big, older cities I suppose.

Joel was feeling a bit under the weather, so even though we were here for an entire week, we only made it into the city twice for less than 3 hours each time. At least it was enough to give us a little taste.

The French Quarter was full of fun and colorful architecture and the streets were crowded and narrow. Driving our one-ton crew cab truck down some of them was a bit of a challenge.

Down by the river was a city square where everyone seemed to gather and sell their wares.

Someone was trying to make a buck on every corner. This guy was one of our favorites. He earned our dollar and then some.

We grabbed some lunch here at the Rivers Edge. The food wasn't much to brag about, but it was great to sit down and watch the world go past our open french door style window.

The Saint Charles Line is the oldest continuously running Street Car line in the world. Its been running for over 150 years and its cars are definitely from another era.

Down town has street cars everywhere you turn and each time Seth would see or hear one, he would start talking excitedly about "the train" and want to get on it. So the second time we made it to town we made it a point to take a ride. Seth sat by the window and was really in his element.

Ellie couldn't have cared less, but like any woman worth her salt, she was excited to have her purse!

We ended the day touring through a fairly new WWII museum- now it was Joel's turn to be in his element!

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"WELCOME TO THE END OF THE WORLD"

Sunday after attending a good sized branch not too far from here, I talked Joel into going for a long Sunday Drive. We headed about 75 miles down into the southern most point of Louisiana (that you can drive to) where the Mississippi finally empties into the Gulf.

At the point when you think you have come to the end of the road, it just turns and keeps on going right through the water (well it seems that way at least).

If you look closely at that little strip of land just past the trees, you will see a couple of cars driving on it. This view was looking back after we turned around to head back to the main land. You couldn't believe there was enough dirt there to make a road.

It was a fun place to watch the sun go down.