May 13th

We went to the Mardi Gras World in the morning. This is where the floats that are used in the Mardi Gras parades are made. It was pretty interesting. At the end, they let you pose in traditional Mardi Gras costumes.

Tonight was the Crawfish Boil on the Tulane campus. This was a lot of fun.... VERY messy fun! They put the Crawfish in a big boat and the lady scoops out a shovel full and dumps them on your tray along with corn and potatoes. I had to ask Scott how to go about eating things! I wasn't a fan but I did eat them anyway. If it was a tray ull of shrimp, that would have been a different story! Scott, PJ and Brooke all went back for a second trayfull. Chris had one Crawfish and he was done!

May 12th

We're off!!!! We arrived in New orleans at 9:20 in the morning. Ror and Andy just happened to be on our plane! They were comped a week in N.O's by Harrahs. After we got our car we went and picked up Scott then headed back to the airport to pick up Brooke. The first place that we have to hit was 'Orleans'. It used to be a Taco Bell ! PJ was thinking of this place all week! We got Shrimp Po Boys and we forgot just how HUGE these things are! You can make 2 or 3 meals out of just one. The price was great also ... $6.

We spent the day just walking through the French Quarter, listening to the music and taking in the sights. I don't remember where we had dinner but I do remember that it was in the French Quarter. I took notes the whole week so I would remember everything to update the blog and I lost the papers!

May 11th
Today was my last day at work before we leave for New Orleans. After work, it was time to finally pack and get the house in order!

May 10th

Happy Mother's Day!

We don't do anything special for the day so we just planted some plants, went for a ride in the MGB and BBQ'd dinner. It was a nice day.