Monday, April 6, 2020

New Orleans, LA

Place: New Orleans, Louisiana
Weather: Scattered Thunderstorms - 75/86F
Route: From Vicksburg, MS 207 miles SSE mostly on I-55

Population: 391,006 (2018)
Nicknames: The Big Easy, The Crescent City, The City That Care Forgot
Popular Places to Visit: The National WWII Museum, The Garden District, Frenchmen Street, The French Quarter, Preservation Hall, Mardi Gras World, St. Louis Cemetery No 1.
Nonfiction books:
Wiltz, Chris. The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld.
Seblette, Ned, Crisden, Sean et al. The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square.
Brinkley, Douglas. The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.




Photos: 

Tree growing into an above ground tomb at Lafayette Cemetery in the Garden District.  Picture taken by me in 2019.

The French Quarter. Picture take by me in 2019

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