After leaving Lafayette, we crossed the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge. There we saw the
U.S.S. Kidd at permanent harbor, and visited the
Louisiana Memorial Plaza. We were surprised to see the statue of
Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune, for whom is named Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
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| Butterpats at the Mississippi River |
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| At the Louisiana Memorial Plaza |
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| Butterpats with John Archer Lejeune |
After leaving Baton Rouge, we continued on to New Orleans, where we visited
Jackson Square and ate at the
Gumbo Shop – the gumbo, a kind of seafood okra soup with rice, was pretty good. We walked around Jackson Square, looked in some shops, listened to some live music, and sampled some fudge and praline candy.
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| Watching a jazz band |
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| Seafood gumbo! |
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| Butterpats at the Gumbo Shop |
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| New Orleans was beautiful |
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| Statue of Andrew Jackson in front of the Saint Louis Cathedral |
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| Inside Saint Louis Cathedral |
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| A juggler entertains the crowd |
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| Original artwork along Jackson Square |
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| Big statue of Joan of Arc in the French Quarter |
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| We make a friend in the market |
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| We find some dessert! |
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| A band plays in the market |
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| Lorien tries on hats |
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| This silver-painted man was very funny |
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| One last band! |
After we left New Orleans, we took the
causeway across Lake Ponchartrain. The causeway stretched over 24 miles of open water! That was really neat. It was a long drive to Birmingham, plus a time-change set us back an hour. We are all getting kind of homesick. Tomorrow is the last day of our trip!
2 comments:
You are seeing a lot of neat things! I wish I could have come with you.
Love, From,
Hope
Dear Cockmans,
I really like your blog. Thank you for letting us know what you are doing every day.
I really want to go to the white sands some day. and maybe even with you! That would be fun. And you could Show us were you went on the white sands.
And it would fun to here you yolder. I am SO excided for you that you won the comption. When you get back when do you think you will get your christmas tree? We always get our christmas tree on thanks giving day!
I am excided about seeing you.
I Love you so much!
Love, From,
Hope
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