Back to N'awlins redoing the French Quarter again.

Where are we today ?

Robert Louisiana

         Pretty warm last night windows open for a great sleep, we will take this wonderful weather while it is here. Our plan for today was to wander over to New Orleans and the French Quarter this morning. But the weather forecast said 90% chances of thunderstorms. Well we never believe those weather guessers much anyway. So put our money on the 10% sunshine and guess what we won the lottery!

       Just before 9 am we hopped in the car for the one hour drive, most of it on the 24 mile long bridge/causeway across lake Pontchartrain.

We have done this drive many times

the causeway goes on forever

          Arrived to where we wanted to park and have done this before. Secure parking lot and close to where we want to wander. Next to Jackson Brewery beside the Mississippi River and almost across from Jackson Square, perfect location.

        Now this rainy day was hot and sunny almost perfect weather for wandering the French Quarter.  Enjoying the sights and sounds of this colorful area on a Sunday morning.

only in the sunny south

         Want a carriage ride, narrated sightseeing? Only $39.00 per person for a one hour tour.

not for us

        We walked by the Cafe De Monde and the lineup was HUGE.

We tried the famous Beignets a few years ago, a fried pastry
covered with icing sugar, not something we need to do again

good live bands everywhere

inside the Cafe was packed

         Walked and walked past a lot of places we have seen before and some new ones too.

this picture for Sassy

        Then of course check out the French market, nothing we wanted, needed or could afford but was fun.

Alligator heads anyone?

this picture for my Brother Chris, he is a 
Jimmy Buffet fan

        Now I checked put the Pepper Palace, it has to be the largest collection of hot pepper sauces I have seen anywhere. I looked, I tasted , I sampled,  got a great fix but alas I did not buy. Have a large inventory of hot sauces right now good for a few years.

an amazing selection of hot sauces

interesting BBQ sauces and marinades too

love the narrow streets and interesting buildings here

        Now getting close to noon and we were looking for an interesting place for lunch. And you have thousands of choices here. This place below caught our fancy, side street, down an alley and some real Cajun/Creole food just what we looking for. Check out their website by clicking HERE.

Gumbo Shop

         We were looking for a light lunch and this place sure did the trick. Shared a cup of seafood gumbo that came with a small loaf of warm french bread, Oh so tasty.

        Then we shared a blackened fish Po-boy.  Wow was that a meal and again very reasonable and tasty. The whole meal including one beer, tax and tip was less than $24.00, not to bad for this area.

this was my half of the Po-Boy HUGE

      They also had a nice courtyard here, very inviting, but Suzie wanted to eat inside.

       From here wandered a few more streets, checking out more sites and sound, music , musicians, buskers and all the bars, stores and restaurants with many specials.
       Heading down Bourbon Street was this amazing busker. A Transformer doing his stuff. Check out the  three pictures below.

SUV

Transforming

too cool

This picture for Billy Bob, is this where you staying?

        Apartments and houses, their stairways come right into the middle of the sidewalks. We find it real amazing how all these places were built probably over 100 years ago so close together. But a very interesting pace to visit, in the daylight hours. Don't think we want to be here at night when all the action is.

love the balconies

Jackson Square

the Mississippi, River front

         Now the shocker was when we picked up our car and paid for parking. It been a few years but wow. The rate for 3-5 hours was $25.00 (more than we paid for lunch) we were 3 and 1/2 hours. Guess we should have left earlier (less than 3 hours only $15.00). Sure don't want to park on side streets many blocks away, chances are your car will not be there or all together when you return.

they have these pedicabs everywhere

          Back home around 3 pm and no rain at all today, the weather guesser did a wonderful job of getting it wrong again. Back at the campground we have a couple rain drops, but then a Tornado warning around 5 o'clock after enjoying a couple hours outside reading with this very warm day. So to be safe we secured our awning, stowed our stuff and headed inside. Secure building only a few sites away from us if need be. But by 7pm the warning had passed and all was good. Still no rain.
          After our awesome filling lunch a light supper tonight, simple and easy Turkey wieners, beans and toast, light and easy.

that was all we wanted tonight

       We had another wonderful day and got a nice N'awlins fix again, we really enjoy stopping by this area when we are around, and the weekend are the best, more things happening.

         Thanks again for stopping by and hope you had as good of a day as we did. Gotta love it when the good weather overcomes the odds, we won again!

Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle. 

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