Sunday, June 7, 2009
French Quarter
Friday, June 5, 2009
Camp and Upperline
Here is Erik and Christina's house, they live in the apartment on the right on the upper floor.
The house is old, the kitchen and the porch -- each on one side of the house -- have slanted floors, here in the living room and at other windows there are vines growing into the house.
Their neighborhood is wacky as seen in this telephone pole!
This is a house on the same property as theirs with many more vines growing on it.
Although the neighborhood is old and has many cool houses these two across the street are newer buildings and are pretty boring, at least the one on the right here has a porch.
Here is their balcony with their garden and Brer Cat.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
We're still here
The past few days in New Orleans have been fun, after a few dry days it turned rainy although it doesn't rain for very long when it does. This morning we woke up at 6:30 to a thunder storm right above us and tonight there is a lightning show in the window but it seems to be too far away to hear any thunder. A few days ago we went down to the French Quarter and got beignets at the famous Cafe Du Monde. Today Rosie and I rode bikes down to Audubon Park and paid another visit to the Mississippi River.
Monday, June 1, 2009
New Roads, LA to New Orleans, LA
The Hat Club of New Orleans.
Amazing toilet seat and lid at Vangie And BK's
house, where we stayed in New Orleans!
Just a few of the very handsome pets of
Vangie and BK.
The Refrigerator at Vangie's. There were many
magnets and wonderful notes written all over.
One note read "Leave others their otherness, "
and another "Support bacteria. They're the
only culture some people have." The story goes
that when BK (not pictured) first saw Vangie's
fridge, he knew he wanted to marry her!
Pat and Vangie fight over who will wash this
dish.
We met Vangie at a cafe outside of New Roads,
LA. We asked to camp in her yard and she readily
agreed. Later, as a powerful rainstorm hit,
Vangie and BK opened their home to us and
were wonderful hosts and just downright amazing people.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Louisiana
Pictures from the last few days:
At the tire repair shop fixing the tire.
Crossing the Mississippi on the ferry.
Louisiana state capital in Baton Rouge, the tallest state capital in the country.
View of the river from the 27th floor observation deck.
Erik and Christina in the swamp.
Alligator face.
Alligator sitting around.
Swamp.
Cyprus tree, this is one of few remaining trees of this size that were not cut down in the 1800's, they take a thousand years to get this big.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Baton Rouge
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
We are at the library in New Roads, LA. We are about 110 miles from New Orleans. We will cross the Mississippi River via ferry to St. Francisville tomorrow.
Some dudes we met in Texas.
Pat at the B&B we stayed at via Warmshowers.
Pat's fixing a mixed tape that self-destructed
in my pannier.
We started out the trip with two mix tapes. We
listent o them on a portable tape player. At the
library in Van Horn, Texas, we found 7 more tapes
for free, including 'Mariah Carey MTV Unplugged',
the Animal House soundtrack, and the 'Waiting
to Exhale' soundtrack. When we reached
Navasota, Tx we were given 3 more tapes: Perry
Como, Irving Fields, and a bluegrassy tape. Now,
one of my panniers is half-full with cassette tapes.
Stef matching with the door at the
Front Porch B&B.
Eastern Texas has lots of huge Oak trees and
little ponds scattered about the hillsides.
These are the goats that were dancing on the
roof of the tiny house in the photo just before
this one.
The Goat's House.
Caught you!
A lion and a pug dog at peace!
Navasota, Tx, just outside of Sam Houston
National Forest.
Entering Louisiana
An afternoon rain storm in Louisiana. It's rained
for an hour then was sunny and warm again.
Pat taking a break from the rain at the
Public Library.
Our host at the historical museum in
Merryville, La. They furnished us with cold
drinks, stories, and a stage to sleep on.
Patrick as a vampire in Merryville, La.
Stef as a vampire in Merryville, La.
After Fire Chief Kelly met us at the Sheriff's
station, he led us to his lair! We set up camp for
the night in the fire house and watched Larry
King Live on mute. Fire Chief Kelly woke us up
at 7:00 am the next day.
Fire Cheif Lawrence Kelly and Stef
in front of the fire house. Stef's wearing
the new fire hat Kelly gave us.
Pat and Kelly.
We rode over this completely insane road on
the way to Oberlin, La. We are strong and
fearless now. Also, my tire has a huge hole in it
but somehow it was unaffected by this road.
Birthday Pie!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Washington, LA to Simmesport, LA
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