Sunday, December 27, 2015 New Orleans, Louisana
Welcome Back Everyone!
We hope that everyone had a great Christmas with loved ones. Mike finished his 2 1/2 months at Amazon in Haslet, TX. It was long days on your feet but good pay. We spent Christmas with our niece Jennifer and her family and we had a great time. This time it was really hard for me to leave but we will be back.
Mike and I decided that we would make a nice detour and meet Jeff and Amy in New Orleans for 10 days. Last year at this time we were in Key West together. We are staying at the Aviation Arbor RV Park at NAS Joint Reserve Base New Orleans. This is a very nice park with concrete slabs that are wide enough for RV and a place for a table and outdoor chairs. The facilities are nice and clean. Rates are a plus at $20 a night
We didn't do any sightseeing today and tomorrow it is going to storm so we plan on hanging around the campsite. Jeff is planning on smoking a turkey if the rain stops.
Monday, December 28, 2015 Chill day at the campground
Well as promised the rain came in with pretty high winds. The rain stopped late morning so the turkey went into the smoker. We caught up on all the things that went on since they left us in July and we started to discuss doing a New England trip in 2017. It seems that there is always something that we want to see and do.
We are going to go into the Farmer's Market tomorrow and see Bourbon Street and then enjoy dinner out.
We have begun our ritual of playing Pegs and Jokers and we are all even 3-3.
Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Day adventure into New Orleans.
We began this day at the farmer's market which had a lot of fresh produce and all kinds of herbs. They had all colors of cauliflower-red, white and yellow. Jeff bought a huge cabbage. We bought some big beautiful tomatoes and I bought something that I have never saw or heard of before. It is in the squash family and is called a Miriton. I will let you know how it turns out. (Everyone liked them. They were like a sweeter version of a squash. We stuffed them with a filling made with shrimp and it was the bomb.)
Next we headed to the French Quarter. First stop was to Cafe Du Monde Coffee Stand which was established in 1862. This was my only request. I wanted to taste these famous beignets. They are a french puffed pastry or square doughnuts similar to a fritter. I thought that they were delicious and very filling.
Jackson Square-here you will find vendors selling all kinds of things. Musicians playing and entertaining the crowds. Also there were palm readers, tarot cards readers and others all wanting to tell your future.
St. Louis Cathedral is the oldest cathedral in the United States built in 1720.
Pat O'Brien's and their famous hurricane's. They began operating in December of 1933. It is home to the orginal flaming fountain and their famous hurricane cocktail served in a hurricane glass. History of how this drink came about during World War II liquor salesman force then to buy 50 cases of rum which was plentiful in order to secure 1 case of scotch or whiskey . Their bartender came up with a recipe to use up their large inventory of rum and serve it in a glass shaped like the hurricane lanterns hence the drink was born in the 1940's.
The Crazy Lobster for dinner and their Voo Doo Juice.
Friday January 1, 2016 Happy New Year Everyone stayed at camp another rainy day. It rained the last couple of days so no post for those days.
Saturday January 2, 2016 Ventured out to Bourbon Street and dinner out at Bourbon Heat (used a groupon). All of our dinners were cooked to perfection. It was the best catfish and fried shrimp we have every tasted. Prices were reasonable and the waiters were great. Game score Men are up by 4.
Sunday January 3, 2016 Happy Birthday Phil Hannaford.
Tuesday January 5, 2016 We went to the farmers market again in the morning and then went to a Casino.
Thursday January 7, 2016. Jeff and Amy left today heading back to Virginia. We started getting ready for our departure tomorrow. The ladys came from behind and ended the Pegs and Jokers tournament ahead. Great come back.
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| Beignets at the Famous Cafe |
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| Musicians on Every Corner |
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| Hurricanes at Pat O'Brien's |
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| Courtyard at Pat O'Brien's |
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| Beautiful Corner on Bourbon Street |
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| St Louis Cathedral in background, Jackson Square and Horse drawn carriages |
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| Farmers Market and Mirlitons that were pretty good |
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| Cooper's Hawk at our campsite |
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| Noticed the odd ball one in all of the white ones |
