Where Are We Today
San Antonio, Texas
After spending a great week exploring
in New Orleans, we have been " on our way" west for the last two
days. Traveling on I-10, except when taking the by-passes around Houston and
San Antonio, we have made steady progress in our journey westward. The roads
have been acceptable, if you remember my road ratings from our second year,
I-10 and the by-passes get an 8 out of 10. There was one section, for about the
first mile into Texas that was a 5 out of 10, boy did it shake things up in the
trailer.
During our time in New Orleans, we
made three trips down to the French Quarter. Trip one, was exploratory, just
driving, checking things out.
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| The Famous "Cat's Meow" |
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| Bourbon Street |
The second trip was right down to
Decatur St, parking at lot P401. Now we have heard the horror stories about not
being past the time you have paid for, or you will come back to find a boot on
your vehicle. To get it removed is a cost of $90.00 plus the parking time, the
horror stories are all true. We did see two vehicles with them. Here's the
thing though, you can actually go on line, pick the parking lot you want, enter
the time you want to start parking and set a time to leave, pay for it with a
credit card and you have now reserved a spot ahead of time. This also allows
you to go in and out during that time. Also, you can download their app and do
the same thing plus, if you think you aren't going to get back in time, go on
the app and add payment to the time, so no worries. This is how we did it. From
here it is an easy walk to The French Market, Cafe du Monde and Bourbon St.
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| Having Fun on Bourbon St. |
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| Beignet mmmmm! |
Lastly, we decided to go back and do
Bourbon St at night, taking in the sights, music and food. We also went to The
Cafe du Monde for a hot drink and a Beignet, it melted in your mouth, they are
served warm and are to die for, a must if you visit, the cafe is open 24 hours.
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| Listening to the music |
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| Cafe du Monde |
There are many other things to do,
steam boat ride on the Mississippi River, tours of cemeteries, carriage rides
and double decker bus sighting tours, to
name a few. So you see, we have to go back.
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| Steam Boat Tour |
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| Double Decker Bus Tours Hop on and off any time. |
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| Graveyard Tours |
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| VooDoo |
Last night we stayed at a Wal-Mart in
Vidor Texas and tonight we are at a Sam's Club in San Antonio, Texas. We have
one more night on the road before we get to Elephant Butte State Park.
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| Entering Texas and a mile of rough road |
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| Vidor Wal-Mart |
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| Sam's Club San Antinio |
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| Our spot, goodnight from San Antonio |
This brings you up to date from my
perspective, please stay tune to Patsy for a more detailed day of our
adventures. Thanks for stopping by, until the next time take care and stay
safe.
Prayers and hugs to George and Suzie.
Oh yeah! The graveyard tour!!!! Looks like a great time. Good info on parking.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely have to do a graveyard tour.
DeleteNOLA is an interesting place. We visit every so often. Last time the big thing was the World War II museum.
ReplyDeleteWe will have to check out the museum, thanks for the tip.
DeleteThere is nothing like Bourbon Street after dark. The rear wheel paddle boat ride is basically just around the harbour, you get the view from the water but not much to see really. I preferred the horse carriage tour, it was much more entertaining, educational and interactive. Enjoy EBSP. I know you two enjoy your time there. Safe travels.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip on the paddle boat, we will skip it next time. Loved Bourbon St. at night. It wasn't wall to wall people which suits us just fine, not into large crowds. Yes we do like and enjoy our time at EBSP, thanks. Safe travels to you both, also.
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