St. John's Bayou

This bayou failed during Katrina, and instead of pumping water out of the city and into Lake Pontchartrain, water flowed into the city. It failed because it was run by electricity. Now there are huge turbines that control this 'lock' system as well as hurricane proof living quarters so the workers can safely stay on the job

Travels with Snowbirds 2015, It's all about just pictures

February 13th 2015
February 2015, New Orleans, All About Mardi Gras Pictures This is the first of two blogs I will post with pictures. These are pictures of the Mardi Gras trip. The next one I will work on has the rest of the pictures I took. Due to lack of decent wifi, I was not able to post pictures as I wrote the blogs. Now that I am home, problem resolved. YOU WILL HAVE TO SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM TO SEE ... 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

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