These photos are from the truck as we drove for miles on an elevated freeway across the Atchafalaya swamp. I didn't take photos but we drove on a 12 mile long bridge over Lake Pontchartrain. The interesting thing there was that the diversion gates were open allowing water to flow from the Mississippi River into Lake Pontchartrain. An area that is normally dry had several feet of water flowing through the trees.
Once we were parked and had lunch and a nap, we drove about a 40 mile loop from the campground thru beautiful old homes, past Tulane University, thru the French quarter and into the lower 9th ward. In the 9th ward there was a variey of housing. Some lots were empty, others had new or rebuilt homes and others were boarded up. We went thru 1 area where Brad Pitt was involved with building new homes. http://www.makeitrightnola.org/ I didn't take photos because it seemed like intruding, but the homes were distinctive, very modern looking. We ended our drive at a restaurant recommended by the campground hosts. Gary had alligator, frog legs, crayfish tails, turtle soup and shrimp ettouffee. He brought home his alligator sausage. I stayed with the more recognizable blackened cat fish with a wonderful shrimp sauce.
No comments:
Post a Comment