Steam Boat Cruise

We've been without cell or internet service for 3 days again, so let me catch up.
On Saturday, we ventured out to New Orleans again.  The highway goes right around the Super Dome.

On our way to the steam boat, we decided to take a look at the 9th ward.  We connected with our friends, Paul & Joyce, last week for our Louisianna portion of the trip.  This is their 3rd year down here and they said it has improved alot each year.  But portions of it still looked pretty bad.

Most houses here are very narrow and long.  Almost like a trailor with the door on the end.  They're called "shot gun homes".

So we went to buy our steam boat tickets.

We boarded the boat.

And took off.  With a very loud whistle warning everyone.

The view was good at first, this is St.Louis Cathedral.

But as we got further out, the fog got so thick, we could hardly see anything.

I could, however, see the interesting parts, like the paddle wheel and the deck.

When we got off the boat, we found the streets to be filling up fast with the game the next day.  And in New Orleans you can drink on the streets so it was really getting crazy.  We did have to go to the Cafe Du Monde for some Beignet (pronounced ben-yay).  They are like dough boys, but smaller & better.