Blogs from Louisiana, United States, North America - page 11

Geo: 32.3283, -93.2797This posting was NOT proof-read by Glenn, so please disregard any grammatical mistakes that I have posted.We got up early, like around 5am and left for the last leg on our trip. Since we had lunch planned with Savana at her school in Shreveport at noon, we had to leave early enough to have enough time to walk through BMA camp, Miracle Camp.We were greeted by the new camp director. He mentioned that BMA went bankrupt in 1994. The day BMA was going to "give" the camp over to Awana, there was a car accident and a person was killed. Awana decided not to take the "camp" because of pending litigations of law suits and stuff.BMA camp was finally purchased by a church in Kansas City and then the camp part was "broken off" ... read more

Day 11 New Orleans First full day in New Orleans, so earlyish doors we headed down to the river and went on a paddle steamer "the Natchez" this took us up the river past some sights and back, which took a couple of hours ! Despite the forecast of thunder and lightning every day, the sun was reduculously hot and we both got burnt ! After a spot of lunch we took our knackered and sore feet and sweating bodies and hit the hotel pool for a couple of hours, a much needed relax session ! (A hard life ) For the evening we again headed down bourbon street . . . . Cos that's where it's at !! Pretty rowdy for a Monday ! We ended up in a cool jazz club called fritzels had ... read more

As we drove the coast road from Tallahassee passing through two states Alabama and Mississippi we knew that we would spend more time in these places but for now we were New Orleans bound. As we drew closer to New Orleans we could see the oil rigs out at sea and the Gulf how vulnerable the coast line was along these coastal towns. We saw vacant blocks of beach front properties. With a drive that leads nowhere, a house that once stood and that had been destroyed by hurricanes which torment this part of the world. People have rebuilt wonderful new homes, but have raised them high on piers , just to give extra protection from raising tides.Beaches were full with family's having fun. Entering New Orleans that is protected by levies that try and protect ... read more

Our last full day in New Orleans. We had already done quite a lot during our stay in New Orleans, and we had something a little bit special planned for that evening, so we decided to take it easy during the day. We had done pretty much all we wanted to do and had booked cemetery tour for the following morning, so our first part of call was to head out for some breakfast. After doing some research online, we found a place that had good reviews and was a typical diner set up. I hadn't been to a proper diner yet, so wanted to get that checked off my USA to do list. The place we found was on Magazine Street so we headed back to the Garden District. It wasn't too busy as we ... read more

Today we decided to have a more relaxing day, so we'd had a few busy ones. Our first stop was some brunch and I had found a place online that I had wanted to try. Atchafalaya is on the edge of the Garden District, so we drove over there. It didn't take too long to get there. This was our first time to visit the Garden District. The area seemed really residential. We headed over to the restaurant and got a table out on the deck, tucked away from the street. I liked this spot as you could people watch the goings on on the street, without being too close. The restaurant was in a really cute, wooden house. The building has been a restaurant since 1924, but has been through a few incarnations to become ... read more