Day 7

So, as previously mentioned, today's drive took us from Toomsuba, MS, through New Orleans, and ultimately to Lafayette, LA.

We arrived in New Orleans a little before noon. We parked at the Basin Street Station, just a few blocks from Bourbon Street.

We walked up Bourbon Street towards downtown, pretty much to the end. Once again, it was really hot & humid. On our way back down, we passed a place that seemed to be very nicely air-conditioned, so we went inside to get our Po' Boys.

In actuality, Josh chose a cheeseburger and I went for the fried catfish Po' Boy. The food came, and I have to say, it was really good. Josh really liked the fries, and the catfish on my Po' Boy was some of the best fried fish I've ever had. Usually, when you get fried fish, it tends to be really greasy and the fish gets kind of mushy ... in this case, the batter on the fish was really light, with no sense of grease at all, and the fish was really nice. It was a very good lunch.

After lunch, we walked back down Bourbon Street to Musical Legends Park. Siri had told us that Cafe Beignet, located next to this little park, was the best place to get beignets.

We got two orders ... one for Josh, and one for me.

We continued walking down Bourbon Street for a few more blocks, but clouds were moving in and it was beginning to look like there might be a pretty good downpour.

We made our way back to the car and went to work on the beignets ... Siri was right ... these things were amazing!!!

After that, we left New Orleans and made our way to our destination for the night, Lafayette, LA. Tomorrow, we move on to our next state ... Texas!

We expect to arrive in San Antonio in the mid-afternoon, and our plan is to drop the trailer off at the campground and then immediately head downtown to see the Alamo. I was originally hoping that we'd be able to bike the San Antonio Riverwalk to see some of the other San Antonio Missions, but it looks like we're going to scrap that plan. It's probably going to be too hot, and given the problem we have with loading the bike rack directly on to the car, it's just not going to work out.