We arrived yesterday afternoon at St. Bernard State Park right outside of New Orleans. Entertained our good friends Alf and Allison for dinner in the camper. Mosquitoes were a bit much for outside dinner.
We met Alf and Allison for a tour of Mardi Gras World in downtown New Orleans. This humongous building and equally large business is the mastermind of Blain Kern’s and is where many of the fantastic Madrid Gras floats are handcrafted and designed all year long. We followed that with a delicious lunch at the Gumbo Shop. We loved every minute of it !
We topped off the evening with a delicious dinner with all four Nelson’s in their lovely home! They were gracious hosts and even helped test play Harry’s game of Campground Chaos. King Cake for dessert! Yum!
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Wish we had figured out a way the four of us could have met up on this trip!😕. We have to plan one together!❤️
Now the vacation has started! Issues behind and plenty of wildlife (both the animals and the mardi gras floats)! Still haven’t seen any pictures of moss or mushrooms…..
Ha! Fresh out of the fungi, so far and actually haven’t found ourselves out on a trail yet! Soon!
That armadillo is adorable, but wouldn’t want 100 of them in one place!
Great pictures with friends in New Orleans – I love King Cake – yum!
As I recall, Michelle…You brought us our very first King Cake when you were dating Chris!😁. 🤴🏼
Sounds like your having a lot of fun!!!
We have been! Driving through pouring rain right now, which isn’t so much fun but headed to Texas and sunny skies…we hope!❤️. We love you!
When my parents lived in Texas and we’d visit, we’d see dead armadillos on the road a lot like we see possums or raccoons in TN. Hope your friends enjoyed Campground Chaos as much as we did though Ken still hopes the skunk makes the cut for a final edition. Tell Harry to get out of New Orleans before those gals start throwing those colored beads! HA!
We opted to spend time with the family rather than take in the parades that night! Too late for Onyx to be away from us. Did Ken want the skunk to make you throw your complete hand in? I can’t remember.
Wow! Looks like so much fun!! Keep having FUN!!! Love you
We are having fun just being together!💓
So glad that you enjoyed your visit with your friends. I loved the pictures! How did they like Harry’s New game? Every day is a new adventure. Have a great time. We love you guys!!!
The Nelsons were great game testers! Had some interesting ideas!
Not a fan of the Armadillos! Lol
Maybe I’ll have Harry bring you one…or … just the tail. It’s pretty interesting!