{"id":8914,"date":"2023-04-16T12:57:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/?p=8914"},"modified":"2023-04-16T12:57:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T19:57:06","slug":"day-12-new-orleans-louisana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/day-12-new-orleans-louisana\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 12 – New Orleans, Louisana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We woke up this morning expecting a thunderstorm to blow through during the day and sure enough, the sky was grey and cloudy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We moved a lot slower in the morning than I had expected. Siah really enjoyed the spicy Jimmy Dean sausage that we had at Xani\u2019s and we had bought some more. Jon made eggs and sausage for us, for breakfast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Siah was pretty happy and really, it was pretty delicious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We tidied up and headed into New Orleans and down to the French Quarter. It\u2019s just about an hour away from Bay St. Louis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We drove across Lake Ponchartrain and planned to come back over the Ponchartrain Causeway.<\/a> It was pretty grey and definitely felt like it was gonna rain although it was holding off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Driving into New Orleans was fun as Jon shared memories of where they lived when Pastor Charles Green brought them back from Indonesia and pointed out where the church was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Driving down into the French Quarter was amazing. The trees hanging way out over the roads and the colourful houses with their offsetting colourful window shutters. The wrought iron balconies are gorgeous too. There is stunning graffiti art all over and it\u2019s just a riot of color and creativity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We found a parking spot right on Decatur Street about a block away from the Cafe Du Monde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The boys were a little overwhelmed with the smells and sounds and the sheer number of people around; but it sounded and felt like excitement and anticipation and creativity to me. Smelled like weed and BO!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We found the line up for the sit down part of the Cafe and it wasn\u2019t very long at all. So we queued up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jude is happier then he looks, I promise. It\u2019s hard to catch a smiling picture of him. He pointed out this artist sitting on the bench beside us. Look at the saturation of color on his pages. It\u2019s incredible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While we waited a few light drops of rain started to fall and Jon ran back to the truck to grab an umbrella. He came back just before they seated us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There was an incredible busker serenading the line up with his Karoke machine. He was joined by a gentleman dancing along. The dancer definitely looked down on his luck but he had the kindest smile and eyes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were seated in the cafe and our waiter came over to get our order. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We ordered 3 orders of Beignets, 2 Cafe au Lait and 2 Sprites. As soon as we ordered, the heavens opened up and the floods came. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Thunderstorm that we had been expecting arrived with a bang. A lot of bangs. There was thunder and lightening and SO MUCH RAIN. It was awesome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n