the Big Easy

Well the SDO on it's Atlas didn't launch (yesterday). to make a long story short (since I have to outrun a snowstorm) Yesterday was a scrub, I decided to gamble against a launch today (I was wrong, it went up fine) and leave for New Orleans. (Crap, I honestly just now, realized that I completely forgot my whole reason for coming here.)  The reason I came here was to see the WWII museum, but after hanging out in the French Quarter 'til 3 or 4, I got on the road (and the cuausway) to get a head start out of town. Mostly to get ahead of the possible snow storm they have predicted for today, but also to find cheaper accomodations.  Oh well, gives me a perfect excuse to return. I think I like it here.

Anyway since it's way past the time I wanted to leave I'm just going to post a few of the photos I took last night

Crap, Freezing rain, I'll post photos later. Gotta go


OK I'm back. I'm about 50 miles south of Memphis. I stopped at a gas station to catch a nap. all the long nights and strange schedules are starting to catch up.The last thing I need is to have an accident.  I'm going to put up those photos now.


Classic Frech Quarter building

I love tha barkers (is that what they're called)

a cool cowboy

keys in a antique store windown

Petit soldiers in a store called Le Petit soldier (or somthing like that)

A drunk who knows how to work tourists

I couldn't help but to editorialize about Bourbon st. A drunk asian college aged kid saw me taking the photo and went on and on and on about how cool an idea it was. I tried to get him to pose in the backbground but he was smart, and realized he was making an ass of himself.

a very cool access cover. There are lots and lots of differnt covers, but this was tohe coolest I saw. I thought about stealing it (ortrying)