Today we decided to explore our new city, New Orleans. We are here for a week. We are staying in a little city called Kennerly, LA at the KOA. It is a very nice KOA. We are across from the laundry facilities :-). The staff is very friendly here. In fact, we got maps of the city, the HOHO (hop on, hop off guide), a book about New Orleans, and a seafood menu for Charles Seafood, where Tuesday and Wednesday you can get a dozen raw oysters for $5.95!
The HOHO bus allows you to go through the city for 2 hours and get your bearings. There is a National WW2 museum. I heard it is very good. There is also a Confederate War museum, too. Might check that out as well. The price of the HOHO allows 2 guided tours free. That's a bonus. There is so much to see and walk around here, too. We went for an hour and a half. I was amazed at just the architecture, never mind the history! It was a Spanish settlement before the French came. I have to check that out, too.
Everything here is just so different. You need to be really careful, too. There are homeless everywhere. But people will stop you on the street for anything. I had a lady ask me for money to stay at the Salvation Army, and another one claim he was a vet and needed money to get his car out of tow; he said he just came from the WW2 museum. Hmmmm. Yeah, use your discretion and keep hold of your wallets.
We will do our riding tour tomorrow to better get our bearings. This really is a lovely town. Enjoy the architectural pictures I took. One is of Bourbon Street. They are doing repairs on it, hopefully in time for Mardi Gras. I am so glad there aren't that many tourists that I am bumping into~! Ya'll come back!😉
The Super Dome, where the Saints play
Staying away from this place Sunday, lol
Jackson Square, named after Andrew Jackson
In case you didn't know, he won the Battle of New Orleans
Bourbon Street getting a makeover
And everyone in New Orleans knows this: Let the Good Times Roll!
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