Bourbon

New Orleans

---

June 17th 2007
We stayed in a state park a few miles south of New Orleans, where Echo (and I) saw our first wild armadillo. Apparently they're as abundantly like speed bumps as possums are in indiana, but still, we were both quite thrilled. We went into town, where the damage from Katrina is only a ruffle around the edges now, rather than the disaster it still was around this time last year...even though it hap ... read more

North America » United States » Louisiana » New Orleans

---

Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more