Louisiana

November 28-30, 2021

Randy and I steered Kelly VI, the RV, southeast through southern Mississippi then due south into Louisiana and took the 26.2 mile long Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge into downtown NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana).  Thanks to many trade shows in NOLA during my working years, I knew a great starting point would be to grab a meal at Mother's, a NOLA classic for many decades.

Lake Pontchartrain is a BIG Lake

The gent in the white ball cap, army jacket & jeans is
at the back of the line, almost 20 people long.  Yes, there is almost
always a line at Mother's, their food is that good!
You order your meal at the counter (out of site) and
the staff delivers your meal to the table.

Enjoying a local brew before our meal is delivered.

Randy collected a bag of beignets so we'd have several
great breakfasts for days to come.

We enjoyed the performances by this street vendor, 

one of many in NOLA.

This group was so good, we caught two of their
songs on video: this one and that one.

Loads of tourist traps in NOLA, but this one was really wild!
House of Voodoo

House of Voodoo

House of Voodoo

Jackson Square, French Quarter

On a plaque at a cannon with a
great view of the river and Jackson Square.
The Secretary of the Army,
Stanley Resor, is the father-in-law of our
fraternity brother.

The cannon and plaques as we saw them.

One of the above ground cemeteries common to Louisina.

We saw much of NOLA on a bus tour.

Excellent jazz & blues by this performer
in the Royal Frenchman Hotel lobby.

Royal Frenchman Hotel lobby

Royal Frenchman Hotel lobby

This noteworthy gent with the Mardi Gras walking staff
was recognized by the performer as a fellow musician
and long time resident and performer in NOLA.

We walked back through
the French Quarter,
returning to our campsite at
Bayou Segnette State Park.

Having toured New Orleans enjoying meals,
brews, beignets and terrific music,
we added Louisiana to Kelly VI's RV map .  .  .

.  .  .  completing All of the Lower 48 States!

Mississippi

We drove Kelly VI, my RV through the small towns,
avoiding the interstate highways and enjoying
small town America.  

November 23 - 27, 2021

As I did on Rt 66, we saw cool signs like this one.

Our boondocking site outside Tupelo, MS.

The next day we began following the Natchez Trace from
Tupelo, MS towards Jackson, MS.

The original Trace is still visible in some areas.

For the panorama, Click Here.

Our view from the top at Little Mountain,
Jeff Busby Park.

The modern Natchez Trace followed by Kelly VI. 

Randy and Kelly VI completed our stretch of the Natchez Trace.

We took the Natchez Trace in Mississippi!

Kelly VI took us on to Natchez, MS.
This photo is from our campground in Vidalia, LA,
looking across the Mississippi River.

The campground provided a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner .  .  .

.  .  .  and dessert!

We lunched in Natchez at the Magnolia Grill.

Inside the Magnolia Grill

Shrimp Po'Boy

The American Queen was docked here for a few hours.

We found a happy place in Natchez at the
Under-the-Hill Saloon.  Notice all the
dollar bills stuck in the ceiling?

This video shows Murph landing a dollar bill into the ceiling.  

To get the bill to stick, a thumb tack is pushed through the bill and 

a quarter is added for weight to push the tack into the ceiling.

A new friend took our photo at the Under-the-Hill Saloon.

Under-the-Hill Saloon

Under-the-Hill Saloon

In the Under-the-Hill Saloon, my parents owned a similar
print of the Delta Queen steamboat, out of Cincinnati.

The Natchez Brewing Company proved to have
both excellent beer and Pizza.

The Nachez Brewing Company
Click for panorama

Downtown Natchez