Today was something! Actually all days have been something but today, extra something.
Our bus picked us up in front of the hotel. After we gathered the rest of the passengers around the city, we headed 30 minutes to the swamp. I wanted to go to the Honey Island swamp, but this worked. In the 80’s when we lived in Slidell, there were hand painted signs tacked to trees advertising Honey Island swamp tours. I ALWAYS wanted to go on that tour…my swamp bucket list.
So, we climbed aboard a nine passenger air boat. I was pretty proud of myself for picking a small group air boat tour. The other air boats had LOTS of folks onboard. The non air boats were just putting along very slow. I had a flashback to the Rescuers with Medusa. This was two years ago old Angela’s favorite movie that partially took place in the swamp.
Our guy, Captain Ernie flew across the water until he spotted something we needed to see, then he slowed. It was very efficient sightseeing. We saw many alligators, small critters and birds. We even saw a big nasty:). It was just beautiful!
Captain Ernie stopped a couple of times to educate us about alligators and the swamp. He had a degree in biology and was pretty knowledgeable and he was VERY Cajun.
We arrived back to NOLA at around 3pm. After resting, we headed to the French Quarter for one last shopping excursion. After that, we ate dinner at Masperos. This was on my list because that used to be my work lunch place. It is a very old building where the pirate, Jean Lafitte used to hang out. I have always loved the history of this building.
So, that about does it. A whirlwind tour of New Orleans. If we had one or two more days, we would have gone to the WWII museum and Mardi Gras World….oh well, maybe next time.
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