New Orleans Part ll

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The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway.
--Henry Boye

February 11, Friday. We decided to take a cooking class at 10AM and learn about the wonderful jambalaya, shrimp pie and banana Forster. For $20 it was a bargain, we received the recipe, watched it being made and eat a wonderful meal. After our cooking class, we wandered through the Riverwalk mall. We decided to take the taxi ferry over to Algiers Point, across the Mississippi. Mardi Gras World has all of the floats from many Mardi Gras’ on display and they explain how they are made and utilized. We had some of King’s cake, a very sweet cinnamon cake with lots of icing and a baby Jesus (doll) hidden inside. If your slice has the “Jesus” you get a prize and buy the next cake. For an area founded on such a religious base, it is anything but religious. “Let the good times roll” is a common refrain, stemming from some difficult financial times for the people here, with no guarantee of tomorrow. It is an interesting place to visit, but I can’t imagine living here. We returned on the taxi ferry and did some more sightseeing, after a sample at the brewery. Then began walking up Canal Street, about three miles, to our bus. We boarded the bus for “home” but this time didn’t need a transfer.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
--Confucius

February 12, 2005,Saturday. We left New Orleans and traveled west to Lafayette, Louisiana to check out the bayou country. The bayou is a remote area with lots of swamps and we had our first sample of crawfish. Bob loved it, but I had a hard time getting past the smell. It is a small, small lobster-like shellfish, steamed or boiled with spices. Once back in the Bothan, where I could wash the crawfish, I tasted it and found it to be very tender like good lobster meat, but requiring lots of messy work to get to it. We stayed at the Bayou Wilderness Resort Campground, again remote but clean with lots of amenities. After our crawfish and a spinach salad we headed out to the movie theater. We saw the “Million Dollar Baby”, it is a tragic story and well done, but sad. Our GPS helped us find the way back to the campground.

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Photos

Kelly and Bob Big Muddy
This was along the Mississippi River

Cooking Class
They do have great food in New Orleans

House
There are so many neat house in the New Orleans area

Tabasco Store
They have new favors that are great plus alot of stuff with peppers in and on them