Blogs from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, North America - page 55

We recently returned from a fantastic trip to New Orleans, and it came about from Fi having to do a course for work, which just happened to be conducted at New Orleans. All the guys that Fiona work with who should complete the cause baulked at it so it ended up falling into Fiona’s lap. So basically the US Navy was paying for Fiona to fly over to New Orleans, pay for her accommodation and hire car and then fly her back. So I paid my way and although the course went from Monday to Friday, we flew over on the Saturday and back of the following Sunday. We arrived on Saturday only to realise that it was Mardi Gras season. This is about a 3 week long period that attracts thousands of tourists and turns ... read more

Well, wow, what can you say? New Orleans is unique and scenes of the Katrina disaster are blended with scenes a revitalized community - new homes, refurbished homes, businesses open, contractors (and non-profits and mission groups) all over the place. Day 1 - In-transit We started out on Sunday morning (Jan. 28) at 6:00 AM -- 9 degrees F. We drove and drove (a rather, thankfully, uneventful trip except for a random tray that broke part of the van's grill and dented the radiator) and arrived at the volunteer village in Luling, LA around 8:30 PM. They went through the rules of the camp, what we would be doing, the status of the relief effort, and about the camp in general. We also met the people on staff. I also got situated in my little villa ... read more

Motorhome News from North America 33 13th January - 23rd January 2007 Around the Florida Panhandle to the Deep South. Janice heard it first. A very faint tap, tap, tapping…. a squeak - the squeak of a small rubber toy. It was 7.45am. It was cold. A very cold January morning on the Panhandle. The temperature had dropped dramatically overnight from 75 to 40 degrees. We arrived at daybreak, listening, alert, whispering, shivering, watching for the slightest movement in the open pinewoods of our campground at Ochlockonee State Park - as the shallow light of a morning sun cast its first long shadows on the wispy golden grass. She pointed. “There…. David; there!” she said, in a hushed voice, electric with excitement. “On that tree……there…over there!” Our persistence had finally paid off. A Red-Cockaded Woodpecker had ... read more

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New Orleans was a lot of fun although it wasn't nearly as lively as it used to be. Businesses beg for customers and many of them are still not able to serve food. We still enjoyed it a lot, it was well worth it.... read more