Friday we did a cemetery tour. It was hot! We had a really great tour guide, though. At the end of the tour he dropped us off with this weird, incoherent voodoo lady. We sat around listening to her talk for about 10 minutes and then escaped as soon as we saw an opening.
We took a riverboat cruise on the Mississippi Friday night.
View of the city from the boat:
On Saturday we did a swamp tour. We did see one alligator, but apparently it's still too early in the season for them to be out in force. The swamp was beautiful, but creepy in spots.
Random shot of Bourbon Street:
We didn't spend too much time in the French Quarter at night. Hillary is 7 months pregnant and my mom and I didn't particularly feel like getting super drunk with a bunch of sweaty idiots. But we did at least walk through a few blocks on Saturday night.
We spent Sunday afternoon at Oak Alley Plantation, about an hour outside New Orleans (assuming the bridge over the Mississippi River is not unexpectedly closed and then you run into insane parade traffic on the way home). Despite our travel issues, it was definitely worth the drive.
Our last night, we sat on the rooftop of our hotel and drank wine. A perfect end to a great trip!
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