We left Beaumont around 10am enroute to New Orleans. It was still windy and there was a lot of road construction off and on which narrowed the lanes and that with the wind made it a tiring drive. Pulled into Pontchartrain Landing RV late afternoon. The roads and sites are unpaved and the wind kicks up the dust whenever somebody drive by.
One side of our site has some tan bark and a couple of plants but I think it belongs to our neighbor site. Ty is about to 'try out' the tan bark.
New Orleans is very similar to Mexico.. Both are tourist areas, sell a lot of souvenir stuff, don't speak English, have shootings in the street, and a lot of unfamiliar areas to drive around in and get lost. One big difference was Mexico was clean.
Satarday we went down to the French Quarter and walked around. It was really crowded and like swimming up stream through the ton of people on the sidewalk. We had lunch at Maspero's which turned out to be good choise and a bargain. Their door is just inback of the lady in black. We split a muffuletta sandwich which originated in New Orleans in 1906. It was real different; made on a 8" round bun, about an inch and a half of salami and Italian ham, several layers of cheese and topped with green olives stuffed with pimentos and maybe some other stuff. Eight bucks! I'm glad we tried one but I think with one behind me, I'll go for something else next time.
On our way back to the RV park we drove by Anne Rice's house.
After cruising through the historic district and looking at all the huge mansions we drove out to Lake Pontchartrain to drive along the newly constructed shoreline. As you can see the wind had white caps on the lake and the waves were crashing over the top of the new seawall.
Tomorrow we are going to breakfast at Brennan,s in the French Quarter.
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