The Reeds left around 7:30 on Friday and being the studly road warriors that they are, made it all the way to Corpus in one day. A good sign for Bob's return trip to Westcliffe.
Kathy and my day was pretty laid back after a 1 and 1/2 hour walking tour of the the universities and Audubon Park neighborhoods we had lunch at the Hi-Hat (been there) and wine and oysters at the Superior Seafood (done that).
Kathy at Audubon.
Saturday featured a trip and long walk around Lake Ponch (been there) and lunch at Willie Mae's (done that and gladly did it again).
We also stopped at the huge Lake Lawn Metairie Cemetery (Hadn't done that.) Originally a horse track in 1838 it was converted to a cemetery in 1872 after the track stopped operating.
Notables buried there include - P.G.T. Beauregard, William Claiborne (1st Gov of Louisiana), Jim Garrison (US Attorney who investigated the Kennedy assassination), Al Hirt, Mel Ott and Louis Prima. (We didn't see any of them). It's truly a huge place.
The tombs go on forever.
Then off to Treme and Frenchman St. for the second time in three days. Kathy had watched some of the HBO series and wanted to see what the area was really right.
Sunday is a swamp boat tour (haven't done that) at the Jean Lafite Historic Park and Preserve about 30 minutes outside of the city. Pics at 10. Stay tuned for more insightful and witty commentary. (I'm hiring a new writer)
Laissez les bons temps rouler!
Y'all.
Addendum: Just as a little background surrounding just who the cranky tour guide is and what visitors have to content with, I've attached the original note sent to this trips potential visitors.
Greetings from your tour agency.
Our
records show that you will soon be visiting New Orleans and we wanted
to give you a few simple rules of thumb for your visit.
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