It was nice to sleep in our RV last night. A little cool - and the temperatures here are a little cooler than normal - but it's warming up.
We purchased round trip shuttle tickets to go to downtown New Orleans from the RV Park. I think last year I mentioned they have a shuttle going down there 3 times a day, and coming back twice a day. A great convenience. It's not far - only a 15-20 minute ride, but there's a lot of traffic to contend with, and we don't have to worry about parking, nor having a drink. Perfect!
We did a little walking around the French Quarter area. It's a neat place with restaurants and bars every 2 feet, I think. And the food is good, or they wouldn't stay in business.
A couple sights around the French Quarter.
We found this building, which is apparently the 2nd oldest in New Orleans, and the oldest working bar in the U.S. (since 1772). The building is named after a pirate because he apparently did business here. He didn't own it.
We also booked a city tour, which was a great thing to do. It gave us a look at New Orleans other than what we see from the interstate or the French Quarter.
Our first stop was at the NO 3rd cemetery. Interesting how they manage the space at the wall. If you are cremated, you rent space in the wall (stacked 4 high, and 9 feet deep). You rent it for 5 years. If you don't pay the next 5 years (your estate needs to pay), your remains are shoved to the back and the next set of remains are put in front for 5 years...and so on. Hence why they are 9 feet deep!
We then stopped at City Park. Beautiful huge park with all kinds of activities and sporting venues, museums, and other events and things you might find in any park.
This was a huge Live Oak tree, estimated to be at least 200 years old.
We saw the SuperDome (Saints) and the Smoothie King Arena (Pelicans, etc.).
And the largest painted clarinet on the Holiday Inn. Sorry half of it is behind a sign.
We saw beautiful old homes and the beginning of Mardi Gras parades along with "Bead Trees".
After we were done we had a Po'Boy at Johnny's, a famous restaurant for this sandwich on St. Louis Street.
And then we saw a couple of more statues: to the founder of New Orleans (Bienville), and to all immigrants to the U.S.
All in all, a great day in The Big Easy.
We purchased round trip shuttle tickets to go to downtown New Orleans from the RV Park. I think last year I mentioned they have a shuttle going down there 3 times a day, and coming back twice a day. A great convenience. It's not far - only a 15-20 minute ride, but there's a lot of traffic to contend with, and we don't have to worry about parking, nor having a drink. Perfect!
We did a little walking around the French Quarter area. It's a neat place with restaurants and bars every 2 feet, I think. And the food is good, or they wouldn't stay in business.
A couple sights around the French Quarter.
We found this building, which is apparently the 2nd oldest in New Orleans, and the oldest working bar in the U.S. (since 1772). The building is named after a pirate because he apparently did business here. He didn't own it.
We also booked a city tour, which was a great thing to do. It gave us a look at New Orleans other than what we see from the interstate or the French Quarter.
Our first stop was at the NO 3rd cemetery. Interesting how they manage the space at the wall. If you are cremated, you rent space in the wall (stacked 4 high, and 9 feet deep). You rent it for 5 years. If you don't pay the next 5 years (your estate needs to pay), your remains are shoved to the back and the next set of remains are put in front for 5 years...and so on. Hence why they are 9 feet deep!
We then stopped at City Park. Beautiful huge park with all kinds of activities and sporting venues, museums, and other events and things you might find in any park.
This was a huge Live Oak tree, estimated to be at least 200 years old.
We saw the SuperDome (Saints) and the Smoothie King Arena (Pelicans, etc.).
And the largest painted clarinet on the Holiday Inn. Sorry half of it is behind a sign.
We saw beautiful old homes and the beginning of Mardi Gras parades along with "Bead Trees".
After we were done we had a Po'Boy at Johnny's, a famous restaurant for this sandwich on St. Louis Street.
And then we saw a couple of more statues: to the founder of New Orleans (Bienville), and to all immigrants to the U.S.
All in all, a great day in The Big Easy.
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