June 26, 2000

We toured New Orleans today. First we took a guided tour of the City for about 3 hours, then went toured the Aquarium of the Americas, followed by a visit to the Farmer's Market and Flea Market. We finished the day with a Dinner Jazz cruise on the Mississippi.

The bus tour was nice, especially since it rained most of the tour. We saw a little flooding in New Orleans which is up to 12 feet below sea level in some areas.  There were some very nice areas of the city, we had a nice tour.  The Aquarium was very nice too. We took a trolley to the Farmer Market and Naomi bought a couple of the feather Mardi Gras masks for about $2.50 each. We then walked about 12 blocks back to the hotel to rest up for the dinner cruise. 

The dinner cruise was nice, it lasted about 3 hours. We started to pull away from the dock and then went back to pick up another 75 passengers that were on 2 buses that got lost.  Unfortunately it was very overcast, so there was no sunset. It didn't rain, so we had a nice trip.

We have had a nice visit in New Orleans, generally just a relaxing time to rest up. Heading home tomorrow after a short stop to see the Carousel in City Park.

		New Orleans Cemetry
	City Park sun dial	City Park
	The walking tree, struck by lighting, but continues to grow
		Aquarium of the Americas	big fish
	White Alligator	buzzard
crawfish	bald eagle	owl	turtle
			river boat
New Orleans