June 5 was the best day ever!  In the morning we drove out of town a ways to Lafayette National Park, with a boardwalk and pathway tour through a bayou and swamp.  Even though it was about 95 degrees and very high humidity, it was great to see the more natural side of New Orleans. [...]

The Big Easy again
Our second day here started with a very long drive hoping to see the point where the Miss empties into the gulf.  However, since the river is so windy, it would have involved another ferry ride and quite a long trip, so we got halfway there.  What was so startling, however, was [...]

The Big Easy
We left Natchez on June 3 and made our way to New Orleans, stopping along the way in Gibson Point on Church Street to take this photo. What were these people thinking? There were easily 10 churches on the well-named street.
Our campgrounds in New Orleans is in St. Bernard parish, one of the heavily hit [...]

We visited Natchez proper on June 2., and although we were glad to visit, was not our all time favorite place. In the morning David met an 84 year old man on a motor scooter who lives in Natchez and scooters around the park every morning.  It seems he has a pop-up just like ours and uses [...]