Streets in the French Quarter

New Orleans, French Quarter

Natchez River Boat on the Mississippi River

Mardi Gras Beads on the wires

More Mardi Gras Beads

Beautiful streets

Love these big old trees

So today we explored New Orleans and the French Quarter. What an experience. It's so different than what we're used to. As we drove toward the French Quarter, the remnants of Mardi Gras could be seen in the trees still filled with beads and all over the telephone wires as well.

The huge, old trees dripping in moss were just beautiful.

We got to the French Quarter and ate at Johnny's Po' Boy. Have to have a Po'Boy when you come to New Orleans. Long line, but worth the wait. So many of the buildings on and around Bourbon Street are empty and have for sale/for rent signs on them, we were told since Katrina it's been like that.

We met a local that was quite colorful, and gave us lots of information about the area.

Driving into Louisiana

Drove from Beaumont, TX to New Orleans, got a late start, so didn't get here until this evening. We're so excited to be here and can't wait to go exploring tomorrow. Beautiful weather 73 or so.
Kind of scary not knowing where to stay, definitely want to make sure we're in a good neighborhood. People camping next to us are from Fontana, CA

Whataburger, Cracker Barrel and the Waffle House are sure popular here



Wish our freeway lanes were all marked like this, when the freeways transition, no doubt what lane you're supposed to be in
Going over the bridge across the Mississippi River

Louisiana freeway - so green, so many trees, beautiful

So much water - 18 mile bridge over the water to going towards New Orleans

and more water........

What a beautiful flag!

Texas-from El Paso to Beaumont

What the heck are these? They are all over the place!!

Our "campground" for a night, made for convenient shopping though

Too many miles in one day?

West Texas.........

And more of West Texas..............640 miles of this~~~Silver City, NM to Kerrville, TX

March 20th

Yesterday and today were travel days....Left Silver City, NM and just wanted to get through Texas, so we drove all day Friday, approximately 640 miles. If you've ever been through West Texas, you'll know why we just drove straight through. We stayed in Kerrville, TX, which seems to be the point Texas turns beautiful. Great little town. When we got gas at the Kerrville Country Store for gas, we were delighted to find they also had homemade breakfast tacos, yummy. Southern Hospitality is still alive. We stayed at a Walmart with quite a few other motorhomers. In the middle of the night we were woken by a tremendous rain, thunder and lightening storm. Saturday we just drove straight to Beaumont through driving wind and rain. It was about 40 degrees all day.

From Arizona on, it's been so nice to see such clean, manicured freeways, sad CA freeways aren't like that anymore.

Funny little side bar: With Bill being sick last week, we decided to try something we heard about for coughs. Rub Vicks Vapo Rub on the bottom of your feet before bed, cover with socks, and yes, it's true, it controls your cough, Bill was cough free all night, aaahhhhh.

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Old gas pump in the ghost town

Mogollon Ghost Town

Catwalk in Whitewater Canyon