New Orleans

Driving along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the view of the never ending beach on the left was absolutely beautiful.  The view on the right, however, was a reminder of the devastation caused by hurricane Katrina.  We could see pool stairs coming out from filled in pools, empty foundations and cement slabs where houses used to be, driveways, paved walkways and front steps leading nowhere and swings hanging from trees not far from those steps.  It made quite an impact on us.

Here we are, New Orleans, these trolly cars run right through town.

Oh boy, here we are on Bourbon Street.

I was surprised at how narrow is was.

Most of the buildings have balconies.

They are also very colorful.

As we walked back to the parking lot, 2 blocks from Burbon St., in front of City Hall was a good old New Orleans funeral celebration.   A policeman had been killed by a hit and run and the funeral had just finished.  It was like you see on TV.  People dressed in black playing jazz music and dancing in the street.  A whole section of the street was blocked off.  It was awesome.  I'm so glad we came upon it.