Our first full day here, and the excessive heat warnings were still following us! Since we're all from Arizona, we are used to hot temperatures. It is the humidity that has sapped our energy levels. Anyway, we got up early, and drove over to the Algiers Ferry Terminal.
Here comes our ferry, chugging across the good "ole Mississip". It dropped us off near the end of Canal Street.
Sandy and Sherry enjoyed the nice breeze as we crossed over this morning.
Gary, Don, Sherry and Sandy enjoyed the Riverwalk. At least, at 10 AM, the heat of the day hadn't set in yet. Since the weatherman had predicted temps in the low 100's, with a heat index of 115-120 degrees, we all opted to take the easy way out: a tour of the city on an air conditioned bus. The tour was almost 3 hours long, taking us to through the French Quarter and also out into the areas hard hit by Katrina 5 years ago.
This is one of the houses we saw on the tour. Don't you love the colors and the cross on the door?
Here is Fats Domino's house. It's very obvious that he lives here! If I remember correctly, he didn't evacuate when Katrina hit in 2005.
Our tour also took us to one of the many beautiful cemeteries in New Orleans. Some of these ornate tombs hold whole families! What stories they could tell!
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