New Orleans

Quick trip to NO.

Got to see the French Quarter, Bourbon Street and stay in a funky (not in a good way) hotel a couple blocks off the main street.

Although we didnt go to areas where the effects of Katrina are still visible, we heard stories about FEMA waste and injustice, many people remain homeless and have not gotten their allocation to even start the rebuilding process.


And there is water everywhere. Much of the freeway is built as causeways just several feet above the swamps.












The streets in the French Quarter were charming and quiet.






What a blend of old and new.










And then there was Bourbon Street. We spent the evening checking out the tourist traps, junk shops and of course drinking Hurricane Rum


and listening to some great music. There's so much to see and do, we're going to go back real soon.


Next stop . . . Salt Lake City, whew - there's a contrast!