NEW ORLEANS = Not just parades and beads

The swamp tour - only aligators seen at any close distance were not real (see above...)

A proper Mississippi steamboat - definitly coming back just to go on this....

Oak Alley Plantation - famous for the, er, oak trees....

New Orleans continued...

It wasn't all partying and parading...we also visited Oak Alley plantation, where I got to indulge my historical nerd side and pretended to be Scarlett O'Hara. Plus we went on a swamp boat tour (think one of those air boats you see in Florida) which went on the hunt for aligators - I saw 4, but we went too fast for photos (probably a good thing, they can jump higher than the boat...)

SPRING BREAK = NEW ORLEANS = MARDI GRAS

Bourbon Street...

Feather boas - I have one of these in Mardi Gras colours (green, purple and gold)

Wow, long time no post. Sorry everyone! Penn took over, lots of work as per, and I figured you'd all seen enough snow shots....But finally Spring Break came and I headed into the Deep South down to New Olreans for Mardi Gras. So cue parades, more beads than can ever be taken back home, and the infamous Bourbon Street....Let the good times roll.... :)