The forecast for the next few days was rain downpours. After working for several hours on Monday, we decided to grab a rental car. We determined that if we were going to get to see anything this was a necessity. On Monday afternoon we drove out along the Mississippi along the west bank on 23, caught the ferry across at West Pointe A La Hache and then up along 39. We drove along the delta that held quite a bit of water.
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| Cool tail lights. An obvious dog lover. |
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| Blue Angels Academy is down here |
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| Near white out conditions at times. The wipers could not keep up. |
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| Water up along the delta |
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| A view down the gut of the Mississippi |
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| There were some large ships coming down the river |
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| A doctor that we met while waiting for the ferry told us to check out the new courthouse that they are building |
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| The back side??? |
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| Post office |
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| Factories were on both sides of the river. |
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| A huge school. The east side is more populated than the west. |
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| This house is up on "stilts"...looks more like a jenga house |
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| SEE...a jenga house...or at least pallets! |
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| A cemetery along the river |
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| Here is the levy heading back toward New Orleans |
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| Got a chuck from this license plate...MeenMaw |
On Tuesday we took off to check out the National Park sites in town.
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| Bridge at Crescent Park - the bridge goes over the levy |
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| We drove around the lower 9th ward two days...a lot of overgrowth...a lot of empty lots...didn't get to see much damage. |
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| Most people walk down Bourbon Street...we drove down (part of) it. |
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| Jackson Square |
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| Mercedes Superdome |
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| 125 steps up this tower. Pretty obstructed view for any photos, but great exercise to start out the day! |
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| Drove through the Garden District |
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| Since the rain subsided, we turned the car in a day early and hit the road for Lafayette, LA |
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| Woke up Wednesday morning to get an early start...only to find that the tire was flatter than flat. The plugs obviously gave out. |
We pulled our full cart with our gear into the lobby and started researching tire repair shops, motorcycle shops. Most places didn't open for 1.5hrs. I booked a car online with Enterprise so we'd have a way to get around. We knew we would need this regardless. Enterprise did not live up to their slogan "We'll pick you up". Their phone system was obviously not working and since of course you cannot call a local number you only get then non-friendly customer service that tells you to call back because their phone system is not working. Anyway, I changed from my riding gear to my walk 1.25 mile gear. Along the way I spotted a tire repair shop and inquired at Home Depot on the cost of renting a portable air compressor if needed. When I made it to Enterprise and shared my distasteful experience with them, the nice agent granted my request for my rental to include their portable air compressor. He also gave me a big Ram pickup which was a costly mistake...we drove 34miles total and put nearly 6 gallons of gas in the gas hog.
Ryan bought a breaker bar to be able to get the tire off the bike. He then put the bike on it's side to pull the tire off. We had determined that the only chance we had to getting out of town was to find a tire shop. The tire repair shop I walked past, took a look at the tire and said it was unrepairable. The Honda dealers won't touch a darkside tire. After calling and visiting at least 20 different tire/motorcycle shops in the area, we found TBoy's who mounted a new tire to the rim for $95.
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| We hit the Acadian Culteral Center, part of Jean Lafitte NHP, while we waited for the first tire shop to take a look at the tire. |
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| Resident Ducks |
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