Day 28 - Louisiana

Sean must have been dreaming of bourbon street, because when we arose to the heat, he had a brilliant plan to walk around with frozen daquaris in hand. We got free shots too!


Sean doesn't drink often, but when he does it becomes an occasion that will be talked about for years. Our friend Gabe went to New Orleans for a bachelors party, and raved about the "hand grenades" with everclear.

So, Sean got one. He was smitten about the smiley face on the bottom of the cup. talked to it a couple times. I found some beads that had "congrats grad!" for Sean, and mine had tortoises in it!


There he is - lit up on bourbon street at 10am.

On our walking route we went to Saint Louis I cemetery:


Sean took videos, and had some very interesting stories about the quality of plots chosen by the deceased.

Walking through the French Quarters Sean was approached by some guy on the street.


He swore that the dude had mace in his hand and was attempting to steal his shoes (even tho I was the one with 2 cameras on my shoulders). Sean ran away - all the while still shooting video of the entire incident. You never really see what was in his hand, but Sean swears he outsmarted the guy - even drunk.

Here he is congratulating himself on saving his shoes:



It was Yo Momma's for lunch - I tried the peanut butter and bacon burger. Omg, it was soooo good!! Most of u know I'm a fan of pb&pickle sandwiches, this is now added to my list!


An hour later Sean almost threw this up.

Before we left New Orleans we had to check out the alligator swamp tours. Sean passed out while I drove us there:



We passed the superdome as I drove out to one tour only to find out that they were done for the day - then back through town passing the dome again to catch another tour



2 hours later and we were alligator bound!



This tour was sooo cool. We saw cranes, other beautiful birds, jumping fish, one giant black grasshopper, old swamp shacks (they call them condos), and 30+ alligators!!



We even got to hold a baby gator!


I'm sure you're thinking "April, considering the highlights from today, this is a terrible idea!" but I assure you, the heat sobered him up in no time, no limbs were lost, and the gator is fine.

Wow, we loved New Orleans!




And snowballs!

That night, we drove all the way to the Louisiana/Texas border and slept at our first Jellystone campground. This was the worst sleep ever. So hot and humid, we sweat all night.

-- Posted from April's phone