View fullsize April 25, 2022 | New Orleans, LA (2/2) Riding the streetcar was definitely our favorite activity of the day in New Orleans. We hopped on the St. Charles Avenue Streetcar, the longest line in the city and the oldest continuously operating street rail
View fullsize April 25, 2022 | New Orleans, LA (1/2) We spent a day in New Orleans, clearly having lots of fun because we have so few pictures! We started with bignets and coffee, wandered the French Quarter, jumped on a couple streetcars to see the area, and, of
View fullsize April 24, 2022 | Edgard, LA (2/2) The former plantation, owned by the Haydel family, one of the largest slaveholders in Louisiana, was founded in 1752 and is located down the road from Houmas House, along the historic River Road, known as "Plan
View fullsize April 24, 2022 | Edgard, LA (1/2) We spent my birthday at the very powerful Whitney Plantation, the ONLY former plantation site in Louisiana with an exclusive focus on slavery. Generations of Africans and their descendants were enslaved here to esta
View fullsize April 23-24, 2022 | Darrow, LA (2/2) While the grounds and buildings were beautiful, Houmas House plantation's tour placards (and website) not once mention “slaves" or the humans enslaved there over the years. I was super surprised, but a
View fullsize April 23-24, 2022 | Darrow, LA (1/2) After some casino action, and en route to the Big Easy, we enjoyed an overnight a la @harvesthosts at Houmas House (well, you know, in the parking lot). Located along the mighty Mississippi between Baton Rouge a
View fullsize April 22-23, 2022 | Lafayette, Breaux Bridge, Baton Rouge, LA (2/2) Enjoying Alabama Slim, one of the anchors of the New Orleans blues scene, at the 2022 Baton Rough Blues Festival. ❤️
View fullsize April 22-23, 2022 | Lafayette, Breaux Bridge, Baton Rouge, LA (1/2) We spent a couple days eating, drinking, and listening to great music through Louisiana. After leaving the casino we made a stop in headed straight to Lafayette in search of the bes
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View fullsize April 21-22, 2022 | Lake Charles and Avery Island, LA (3/3) Edward Avery “Ned” McIlhenny was the third president of the family-owned company from 1898 to 1949 and emphasized modernized production, innovative marketing, capital improvemen
View fullsize April 21-22, 2022 | Lake Charles and Avery Island, LA (2/3) The next day we trucked down to Avery Island to go to the Tabasco factory! We parked Jolene in a shady spot and Wuggie hung out while we explored. The McIlhenny family has made Tabasco&nbs
View fullsize April 21-22, 2022 | Lake Charles and Avery Island, LA (1/3) There is something pretty magical about Louisiana, and it is one of the places that comes to mind when I consider places I'd want to live. It is hauntingly beautiful, the people we met were
View fullsize April 19-20, 2022 | Follett's Island Beach, TX (2/2) The Galveston Ferry and sea bird mania.
View fullsize April 19-20, 2022 | Follett's Island Beach, TX (1/2) We spent a day exploring the beaches and wetlands around Surfside Beach and Follett's Island...and we drove Jolene onto the beach for the night. Scientists and volunteers were driving up and down
View fullsize April 18-19, 2022 | Magnolia Beach, TX (2/2) Wuggie's favorite TV show and evidence of the fish. A fish we wouldn't eat from those waters. In fact, the father we were from Padre, the less likely we were to even get into the water. Thankfully it wasn
View fullsize April 18-19, 2022 | Magnolia Beach, TX (1/2) We left the Padre Seashore somewhat reluctantly, but we were on a semi-schedule and had to be somewhere by some date. So, we drove the Gulf Coast along the barrier islands and felt a mixture of awe and sa
View fullsize April 15-18, 2022 | Padre Island National Seashore, TX (3/3) We decided to spend an extra night on the Laguna Madre side, and found a nice spot at Bird Island Basin, one of the most popular locations in the country for windsurfing. We had our Texas
View fullsize April 15-18, 2022 | Padre Island National Seashore, TX (2/3)
View fullsize April 15-18, 2022 | Padre Island National Seashore, TX (1/3) We spent the next few days – and Easter weekend – on the Padre Island National Seashore and they were so lovely and filled with water, conchology, kite flying, and floating aro
View fullsize April 13-15, 2022 | San Antonio, TX (3/3) Visiting the Alamo with Nana B and Grand Dude was pretty amazing. Sorry, no pictures from the inside of the church. In fact, visitors were limited due to breath and door openings! The Alamo has been so man