Travel Day

Linh & I left NOLA this morning. I have just now arrived home in Winchester VA. Linh caught a bus from NOLA to Houston TX (where she will attend a friend's Vietnamese wedding. Linh will return home (Philipi, WV) this coming Sunday.
I hope that everyone enjoyed sharing our NOLA experiences - and - thanks you Kim and Tom for being our gracious hosts!

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Mississippi & Gulf of Mexico

Linh, Kim and I drove to Pass Harbor, MS to have a magnificent seafood lunch (crawfish, crab cakes, fried green tomatoes, oysters "rock-a-collard"). All of this overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. After lunch we all took a long nap laying on the white sand beach - bright, sunny, nice breeze, 72 degrees = superb.

Kim's Shotgun House

Many of you have asked for pics of Kim's house. It is a classical shotgun.

Kim runs an AirBnB service - for pics of interior of house see http://abnb.me/EVmg/0QCbDTHkHB 

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Beignets & Swamp

We have beignets and cafe au laits every day - Linh's first we're here in New Orleans and she loves them!
We went on a swamp tour today.
Saw several alligators - and ...

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Another Gator & a Boar

... see above pics

Super Sunday 1

Today was Super Sunday in New Orleans = black communities form tribes and elect chiefs who are men that make elaborate Indian chief costumes and parade down the streets. Top pic is Linh standing in front of one of the chief's costumes.
The pics below are of different tribal chiefs parading down the streets.
The chiefs and their group stop at bars along the parade routes. Booze and food are sold by many, many street vendors - the aromas of the food and marijuana permeate everywhere!

Super Sunday 2

More tribe chiefs.

Super Sunday 3

Super Sunday 4

Super Sunday 5

Crawdads & More

Linh had her first crawdads yesterday and loved them! Note the NOLA beads on her wrist.
She was also introduced to NOLA Mardi Gras masks and crowns!

NOLA

Last Friday, Linh and I arrived in New Orleans, LA to visit my daughter Kim and her boyfriend Thomas. This is a pic of us at Jackson Square taken yesterday. More pics to come later.