What a great way to start the day- visit a cemetery. St. Louis Cemetery #1 was established in 1789 and is still in use today. The above ground tombs and vaults are mostly due to French and Spanish culture, not the unstable water table in New Orleans.
Not sure what is going on with this tomb, but there were voodoo signs around it. Voodoo stuff is prevalent in many stores and places around New Orleans
entombed in 1838 (written in French)
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Just another example of what you see on the streets of New Orleans- Henna Tattoos
Erin enjoying a Hurricane (Drink)
Fried Alligator
Charbroiled Oysters. (its lunch time if you have not figured that out yet)
Another street performer
Finally!!! Cajun Boiled Shrimp. The Cajun’s love boiled seafood. The spices were delicious.
Shrimp and Grits
These two ladies were unbelievable. They best in New Orleans by a mile. Those two baskets were filled with money, sadly someone did a run by theft while we were there. Thankfully the baskets are tied up, so they only escaped with a handful.
One of Tyler’s favorite photos of New Orleans.
this guy is living the dream
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Another piece of Hurricane Katrina History. The story goes something like this.
1. Boat purchased brand new from a local boat dealer. (beautiful boat, 250 HP engine)
2. Two weeks later, Katrina arrives, boat owners take the boat out of the marina and store in a Medical Center underground. (one of the owners was a Doctor)
3. Katrina arrives, and wipes out the marina, 200 patients stranded at the Medical Center. Medical Center employees find the boat and use it to ferry patients to dry land.
4. Regular citizen Kenny Bellau (in a canoe) comes across Medical Center employees who are in the boat, they are finished using the boat, and he talks them into letting him have the boat.
5.Ken Bellau (armed with a handgun for his protection) saves over 400 people, stops store looting etc. At one point 39 people were in this boat. The boat is now located in a Museum. – it was a total loss as it sustained major damage from hitting submerged cars, fire hydrants, etc.
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All good things must come to an end, tomorrow we leave New Orleans, driving west. (Erin flies home to Vancouver)
No Regrets 