New Orleans 1

Janell, Kay and I are in New Orleans Louisiana for fall break. Janell will miss 3 days of school. Janell and I arrived 24 hours before Kay as there was a 300 dollar difference in airfare prices. We used the day to go SHOPPING at the french market. there was a flea market with lots of hand made stuff from locals and other flea market stuff, we got some jewelery and Janell got a giraffe purse with some other odds and ends.

Our hotel/condo is on the edge of the French quarter. We signed up for a swamp tour on Monday, My entertainment coupon book arrived in the afternoon we used 3 coupons, 1 riverboat ride, 1 aquarium admission and dinner. I called Rachael from the aquarium to tell her that this aquarium wasn't lame but Omaha zoo aquarium is much better.

We arrived at 11pm so we paid for valet parking which is at the condo at 26 dollars a day with an exit time at 4PM, I begged them to let me keep it there till 6 PM so we could not have too much time to go to dinner and shop at the grocery store before picking up Kay at 9PM.

For lunch we ordered a muffeletta, a big round piece of bread with lots of meats and melted cheese with a olive spread. I just ordered it and Janell looked at it on her plate. Oops, I forgot she doesn't like sandwiches. We ordered 1/2 muffeletta that serves 2 and one cup of gumbo. She kept looking at it until I coaxed her to try it, and this would be the only thing she would eat until a late dinner and she needed to keep her energy up. She actually ate it and said it was "not bad". She ate the whole thing.

We had a nice Mormon conversation with a Park Service Ranger that kept us there with questions mostly about polygamy. He has a Book of Mormon, I tried to get missionaries to him but ended up telling him to get on Mormon.org. He shook our hands as we left and had nice things to say about us and thanked us for enlighening him. We talked a lot about the word of wisdom, families for ever and a modern prophet.

speaking of the word of wisdom, We drove next to a swerving car on our way into town, Janell saw a lady my age swerving walking and said she thought she was drunk and then we knew she was drunk when she walked into a street lamp. Her first drunk experience. This is a party town but there is lots to do without drinking. she also said she has never read so many nasty things on tee shirts for sale and being worn.