Blog of the Swirly-eyed Sister
Today we explored the Bayous east of the city. We ventured along I-90 and found Bayou Sauvage not far from the city. The first site we visited did not inspire confidence that this would be an uplifting experience. A burned-out Continue reading Day 11: Bayou Country
Another gorgeous day in Paradise. It’s been in the low 80s with sunshine and very little humidity every day we’ve been here so far. Fantabulous! After last night’s walk on the wild side of Bourbon Street, we decided to go Continue reading Day 10: Beauty, Beignets, and Bread Pudding
We caved to the lure of a free steamboat ride and dinner and agreed to sign up for the sales pitch for Wyndham time shares (or “vacation ownership,” in ad exec language). Breakfast wasn’t bad, in fact the biscuits with Continue reading Day 9: Time Shared & a Stroll Down Bourbon Street
Music is what I love best about New Orleans, and we had plenty of it today. We began the day with a walk to the Garden District, not too far from the hotel. We saw elegant homes built in the Continue reading Day 8: Music, music, music!
If this isn’t heaven, I don’t know what is! We were lucky to arrive just as the Crescent Street Blues & BBQ Festival opened. It’s a free (yup!) blues festival featuring top-notch bands including Los Lobos and Bobby Rush Friday, Continue reading Day 7: BBQ & Blues
We finally made it to the Big Easy! Beautiful day and relatively easy drive. After breakfast at our Montgomery hotel, we took a leisurely walk along the pond there. The white herons of the night before had gone—off to scout Continue reading Day 6: The Big Easy!
Another day of rain and overcast skies and temps in the 50s (is this really the South?). We touched base with our Air BNB host Michelle and got to pat Minnie, the white terrier who clearly runs the place. Michelle Continue reading Day 5: Crafts & A Long, Long Drive
Woke up in Roanoke to drizzling rain and low 60s. The hotel room had no microwave to heat our tea, so we had to run the water through the coffee maker half a dozen times to get rid of the Continue reading Day 4: Tennessee Hills, Asheville shops, & adult toys
John: If y’all want me to relax, leave me at home. Despite having said that this morning, John (and I) had a spectacular day viewing Shenandoah Cavern and Shenandoah Valley National Park. The weather threatened, then sputtered rain as we Continue reading Day 3: Shenandoah Cavern and Park
Here we are on Day 2 in Fredericksburg, VA. Beautiful colonial town with lots of charm. We made it through the NY/NJ madness fine. Had a meh-meh lunch (actually not even that good) at Roy Rogers at the rest stop Continue reading Day 2: That’s what the directions said