To continue with the theme, it started raining during lunch, and us without umbrellas, again ... we quickly walked back to the hotel, only about a mile from where we were, to change our drenched shirts before we headed out to our swamp tour.
We drove out to a remote area for the start of the swamp tour, and along the way we saw a lot of Katrina damage still around, pretty incredible. The bayou we spent most of our time on was 18 feet higher during Katrina. All the houses which are being rebuilt near the canals, bayous and rivers now have to be built up on stilts, at least 12 feet off the ground. Anyway, the swamp tour was fun, we saw lots of alligators, including a pretty young one, and a bunch of BIG spiders.
After the swamp tour we headed back to New Orleans and a stroll down Bourbon Street to find some dinner and see the sights. After noticing the expression on my son's face after walking by some of the "adult" establishments I had to put my hand in front of his eyes !! Definitely not a place for kids, but it was good to see that area rebuilt quickly. Other areas in the French Quarter are still works in progress, especially the ground floors of most of the hotels, including ours.
Tomorrow we head to Atlanta, and then the next day we head home ... its hard to believe this long trip is already almost over. 5900 miles so far and only 3 more states to find on license plates: North Dakota, Vermont and Rhode Island. Hopefully we'll get those in the last 2 days, personally I am betting we won't find ND -- but you never know, we thought Hawaii (once) and Alaska (3 times) were going to be the hardest ...
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