I have problems doing this on the tablet. I can't always get the corrections done and it hides stuff. The tomb was madam laveau. And the other glaring error I saw was cremation. Some of the others are just my language.
Any now after my hair we went on a long walk in a park, looked up a music store so I could get a Doug Kershaw cd. Then we went for a drive up and down Charles st. It is the garden district and is full of old mansions. I swear I took a million pictures. Then back the French quart for our date nite, ha ha, and we went for supper, went in and out of bars and music halls, drank a beer in the streets just cause I could, saw lots of performers, met lots of locals. Then we decided it was time to go home. 830. Oh, big excitement with crazy wild people. Ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!!
The things that totally excited me about the city was the architecture, unbelievable, i couldn't absorb enough of it. The wrought iron on the railings and balconies, I am at a loss for words. The balconies would be rounded while the building was square. Amazing. Different types of architecture. A great place for an architectural student vacation. Also I saw a couple of whom I took a picture and I will post it. They were the epitemy of the genteel south. I also was walking down bourbon street and it was regular noise but quiet and a lone sax or clarinet was playing. It was like a movie. The acoustic in those streets make music sound like nothing else. The people were great, warm, loving, inv iting, creative, struggling to make a living like everyone else,just interesting. I fell in love with New Orleans and am taking a part of it with me.
We met a couple that sold their ranch in northern cal and for the same reasons we did. They have two dogs that are used to running free also. They bought an RV and are do ing what we are doing. You would not believe the number
of people that are like us, we aren't
just a crazy minority. Well we are crazy and I guess all of us are still a minority but at least we know we aren't the only ones.
Today we are making our way down the LA gulf coast towards texas. It was 82 and then all of a sudden it was 52. That made me change clothes. The weather has been hot and humid. Since we still have minn blood we acclimated to the humidity fast and actually I am having no more problems with the heat than I do at home. Tho I need to find a blood center so I can donate some. That cools me down.
Well I think it sums it up. I need to find us a place in Lafayette to stay and then hopefully tonight I can post pictures. It's raining here right now.
God. Less all of you, he certainly has and is blessing u s that's for sure.
Friday, December 6, 2013
Fri 12/6
Well here we are leaving New Orleans and I didn't even get a post in. That is because I wrote a rally nice one and some how lost it. Shall try again.
When we left the diamond mine we headed to Texarkana. We stayed overnight there at a really nice KOA . We met people there that lived in Costa Rica. They had moved there to help their son with a resort business and when it was successful they came to states, bought an old RV and decided to tour this country and visit people.
Then we went to the Paragon Casion near Marksville for 2 nites. Did nothing special there.
Then we came to New Orleans. Now we came in, bot turned around and Leroy drove the 40 ft rig with car attached down the narrow (very narrow with cars parked on it) streets in the French quarter. He drove it like a pro. We had reservations at a gated RV so pot in the middle of the quarter. Nice spot, very safe, clean and nice. Not cheap but nice. We got in about three. We grabbed the dogs and headed for the French quarter and walked around, had pizza and soaked in the atmosphere. Then we walked home. Next day we got up went down with the dogs to the French quarter again, found a guide that gave us a tour in a horse (mules as they to tolerate the heat better and are more dependable) carriage. Dogs included! So we all had a nice ride, she was a great guide and tho I could repeat things piece by piece like Donna could I remember the jest of it and remember more as time goes by. Has to ruminate a bit! We must have walked about 15 miles that day. I was particularly interested in the cemeteries. They can not bury below ground. They have build tombs and the person is put in there. Then after one year and a day the tomb can be opened and another family member can be buried when needed as the body has completely decomposed and naturally cremated. They push it to the back and place in another one. There are large tombs that have looked minded people in so they don't have to have a family tomb, like I found one that was musicians. Now days they are mostly doing typical burner cremqqtionw unless you can afford to buy one. Nichole's cage bought one for the tune of $250000 If a family member dies before the year and one day then they are put in a temporary wall tomb for that year and one day and then can got in the families tomb after that. It works here due to the heat. I think it is pretty neat, natural cremation. What could be better..
We saw madam bavue tomb. She brought voodoo to the area. But she was no dummy, she crafted the trade to make money to buy slaves and set them free. Shel herself was free.
That pm we again hit. Our on street. The next day we went down to the farmers market, walked the dike and then got in the car and drove down to almost the tip of Louisiana. We bought fresh oranges. Then we were determined to stop at Popeyes, well that was quite the escapade. There were dozens of them but when we wanted one couldn't find one. We got lost, were crabby, tired, hungry, and couldn't get any gps to work. Finally we stumbled across one cause by then it was we aren't going home to l we go to one n matter what. You know the feeling. It was almost funny.
Damn I almost this a second time.
Yest I had an appt at a salon to have my hair redone. She did a nice just got a bit to much purple in it. So at least you guys can't see it and have stuff to say. Here people think I should look like this. I will post this before I lose it and continue on another.
When we left the diamond mine we headed to Texarkana. We stayed overnight there at a really nice KOA . We met people there that lived in Costa Rica. They had moved there to help their son with a resort business and when it was successful they came to states, bought an old RV and decided to tour this country and visit people.
Then we went to the Paragon Casion near Marksville for 2 nites. Did nothing special there.
Then we came to New Orleans. Now we came in, bot turned around and Leroy drove the 40 ft rig with car attached down the narrow (very narrow with cars parked on it) streets in the French quarter. He drove it like a pro. We had reservations at a gated RV so pot in the middle of the quarter. Nice spot, very safe, clean and nice. Not cheap but nice. We got in about three. We grabbed the dogs and headed for the French quarter and walked around, had pizza and soaked in the atmosphere. Then we walked home. Next day we got up went down with the dogs to the French quarter again, found a guide that gave us a tour in a horse (mules as they to tolerate the heat better and are more dependable) carriage. Dogs included! So we all had a nice ride, she was a great guide and tho I could repeat things piece by piece like Donna could I remember the jest of it and remember more as time goes by. Has to ruminate a bit! We must have walked about 15 miles that day. I was particularly interested in the cemeteries. They can not bury below ground. They have build tombs and the person is put in there. Then after one year and a day the tomb can be opened and another family member can be buried when needed as the body has completely decomposed and naturally cremated. They push it to the back and place in another one. There are large tombs that have looked minded people in so they don't have to have a family tomb, like I found one that was musicians. Now days they are mostly doing typical burner cremqqtionw unless you can afford to buy one. Nichole's cage bought one for the tune of $250000 If a family member dies before the year and one day then they are put in a temporary wall tomb for that year and one day and then can got in the families tomb after that. It works here due to the heat. I think it is pretty neat, natural cremation. What could be better..
We saw madam bavue tomb. She brought voodoo to the area. But she was no dummy, she crafted the trade to make money to buy slaves and set them free. Shel herself was free.
That pm we again hit. Our on street. The next day we went down to the farmers market, walked the dike and then got in the car and drove down to almost the tip of Louisiana. We bought fresh oranges. Then we were determined to stop at Popeyes, well that was quite the escapade. There were dozens of them but when we wanted one couldn't find one. We got lost, were crabby, tired, hungry, and couldn't get any gps to work. Finally we stumbled across one cause by then it was we aren't going home to l we go to one n matter what. You know the feeling. It was almost funny.
Damn I almost this a second time.
Yest I had an appt at a salon to have my hair redone. She did a nice just got a bit to much purple in it. So at least you guys can't see it and have stuff to say. Here people think I should look like this. I will post this before I lose it and continue on another.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
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