Blogs from Louisiana, United States, North America - page 15

THE BLUES HIGHWAY: Come in here girl...and bring your daddy with you. Talk about sleazy...barely legal...topless, bottomless...white slick guy beckoning us...big buxom black girl wearing string nickers and bra slouching behind him checking the caterpillar of humanity dawdling past her...ride on. All down the Blues Highway folks waxing lyrical of the delights of New Orleans as if it was the best place for jazz and blues on the planet...giving us lists of places to go in the French Quarter...and all of them mentioned Bourbon Street. So we stayed just around the corner at the Prince Conti...19th century digs that didn't quite match the atmosphere of Memphis, Clarksdale or Natchez. Could hardly wait to drop our gear and get into Bourbon Street. But no one told us that dropping our gear was actually getting our gear off. ... read more

Bonjour à tous. Traduction du titre la Louisiane profonde, ce n'est pas pour étaler mon peu d'anglais, mais je trouve que ca sonne et correspond mieux à ma journée. Aujourd'hui 4 juillet fête nationale des États-Unis. Déclaration d'indépendance de 1776. Je ne dois pas être dans la région la plus patriotique du pays, car je n'ai vu aucune manifestations pour l'occasion. Eux qui exposent de partout la bannière étoilée. Deux pickups dans la journée avec un grand drapeau. Mes excuses pour le blog d'hier, mais je crois que je l'ai un peu bâclé sur la fin, j'étais mort, la mauvaise nuit précédente et aussi un peu les 450km, plus les difficultés pour souper hier au soir. À 19h30 le centre de Lafayette était désert, pas un restaurants, j'ai du me rabattre sur la banlieue pour finir ... read more

...started with delivery trucks right outside our bedroom window. Not the kind of alarm clock I'd choose, but it worked. We got up and walked across the parking lot to McDonald's for another nutritious breakfast to fuel our systems. Luckily, the dirt we were parked in had dried overnight so breaking camp wasn't a muddy mess. The day was spent driving highways instead of interstates. FYI...the Indian Nation Turnpike is a toll road between Henryetta and Hugo. One of the hidden benefits of driving the highways is skipping this. We drove through quaint towns and passed several large ranches with impressive houses. In one of the tiny towns we passed through, the stone foundations of the houses were crumbling, but the town had a shiny Sonic restaurant! In fact, nearly every town we drove through today ... read more

Bonjour à tous. La Nouvelle Orléans un bijou inégalé dans le reste des États-Unis. (définition de mon guide). Je ne connais pas tout, mais je partage cette analyse. La ville, a été fondée en 1718 par Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. Aujourd'hui elle compte 380 000 habitants, dont 70% Afro-Américains. Son activité commerciale est en fort déclin surtout depuis l'ouragan Katrina, 29 aout 2005, elle a perdue 40% de sa population. Elle vit aujourd'hui principalement du tourisme et de son port. Elle n'est pas totalement reconstruite, dans les banlieues restent encore des traces. Hier en fin d'après midi, après que supposément la chaleur soit redescendue, vers 17h, j'ai commencé la visite. Mon hôtel étant très bien situé, sur Canal Street, à la limite du quartier Français, je commence par Le Riverfront, le long du Mississipi. Il ... read more

The Great Commission 16 The 11 disciples traveled to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had directed them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped, but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” We are now just 12 hours away from the Williams Boulevard Baptist Church high school students, and six adult leaders, depart for Montana. At 5 am tomorrow morning we will all be meeting at the church to make ... read more