Nov 17 - 19 - New Orleans

Mark and Cynthia arrived today, and we picked them up in the rental car at the Mobile Regional Airport.

It was only a 2 hour drive to New Orleans from Mobile  and we arrived to great rooms at the Dalphine Hotel right in the heart of the French Quarter, one street over from Bourbon Street. After a short walk around the Quarter we headed to the Felix Restaurant for a great meal, then headed out for some night life and music at the Drinkery and for Beignets in the courtyard.

The next day started off with a nice breakfast, which featured Kentucky Bourbon in our orange juice. 

Before lunch we took in the Cemetery #1 Tour, which was both informative and creepy. We got to see the tomb of Marie Laveau who was the Queen of VooDoo, and the pyramid  tomb that will be for Nicolas Cage.

The afternoon was spent walking around the French Quarter and visiting all there is too see, including the Preservation Jazz Hall

The evening we took the haunted night tour, and saw the Touchdown Jesus on the dueling field and learnt about Romeo Spikes  on the Veranda poles.

Dinner that night was at the Gumbo Shop for some Creole food. The evening walk along Bourbon Street was certainly something to witness

All in all it was an amazing time in NOLA.

Nov 14 - Mobile Bay - Dog River Marina

Arrived at the Dog River Marina. This is a marina with character. The docks are kind of rough, the yard is rougher. But there is a West Marine on site and they offer a courtesy car. With David and Susan we did a Costco Run and a stop at the Piggly Wiggly. Later on David and Susan Dinghied us to the other side of Dog River to the River Shack for a lunch and our first try of Alligator and Po-boys. We are in the Marina for the week, and Mark and Cynthia will be arriving on the 17th for a few weeks of travel with us and the big crossing. First side trip will be to the Big Easy, New Orleans,

Nov 13 - Mobile

 Arriving in Mobile Alabama. We chose to stay at the Mobile Conference Center wall. It was a little challenging with wall they have, but we were able to move our fenders around and lines to keep us off the wall and the tide is only 2 feet here. Mobile is a very busy sea port with the barges and ocean going vessels as well as the repair shipyards.

We had a very nice dinner out at the Inked Squid in downtown Mobile.