It was great to see how the landscape changed from Florida to Louisiana. Driving through these "big" cities was interesting because they really aren't very big. They have an area with tall sky scrapers then that's it. Their downtown is a small cluster of buildings. We did enjoy driving through Pensacola and seeing the Blue Angels on the side of the road. The other highlight was driving into the tunnel in Mobile. That was our first tunnel with Road Hazard. You're so tall and it seems like the roof is going to hit you. Then, when we drove over the bridge to connect you to New Orleans and you have to drive over Lake Pontchatrain, that was amazing. You can't help but to think back to Hurricane Katrina and just imagine how much water must have gushed out of this lake. This lake is huge and how much water is in this? On the short trip that we drove to get to the campground, once you enter New Orleans proper, you can still see trailer communities set up from FEMA. There are still signs of Katrina where you look. It's hard to believe that a city of this size can fully recover or ever will.
I have to tell you that on our journey we found and adopted a pet. Someone had left him as "Road Kill" on the side of the road. We decided to keep him and name him Are-Kay, short for Road Kill.
We felt that we had to do this because in every campground that we stay we are the only ones that don't have a pet. Well, here he is. We already had a few people comment on him. He really enjoys looking out the front window.
The campground here in New Orleans is right in the French Quarters. For those of you not familiar with New Orleans, the French Quarter is the old district and also the place where Mardi Gras is held on Bourbon Street. Party central.
Because we are right in the middle of town the campground doesn't have any trees but they have planted these other things that serve as an information board as well.
Look for the red circle. There we are. We get a nice afternoon shade from this "metal tree".
The campground is very nice. We were even inspired to workout in the gym this evening. 
After a hard workout there is nothing better than jumping into the Hot Tub to relax those muscle's.
To our surprise we were able to watch the sunset. OK, so it's lacking a little more nature than we would like but the idea is there.
You have to admit that our view out the window at night is pretty nice.
(We have added a list of cities that Road Hazard has slept in, in order, since we started. Reta and I are also composing another list that includes all side trips and places that we have been. It's interesting to see all the cities that we have been through already. You can find this list on the right hand column.)
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You should have named the new pet yourgay not Are-Kay, I think it fits much better. It sounds more Brazilian.
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