Final day of Conference today so are back on vacation as of this afternoon :) Conference had lots of good content but I have to admit that I'm glad to have the days free to explore more of this very cool city. We just have a couple more of them and don't want to miss out on anything!
There was a Christmas parade today and Miss Verna and I lost one another for a while. There are soooo many people and if you take your eyes off one another for even a second.....the other person will be swallowed by the crowd. Fortunately, we had a happy ending but not before some time had passed and I had resorted to taking my jacket off, standing on tip toe to see above the sea of heads, and waving my arms like a crazy person in the hope that she'd be able to see me from across the street where I was pretty sure she'd been 'swallowed".
Today for lunch, Verna-Lee and I went to a place called Deanie's for a bowl of their world famous shrimp and okra gumbo and it was so good that 7 of us went back there for dinner tonight! The meal begins with a plate of potatoes (with butter of course) that have been boiled in the shrimp pot with a bunch of spices.....what an appetizer! To tell the truth...the potatoes are so good that they could be the main course.
Deanie's is in the French Quarter and for our first visit this afternoon Verna-Lee and I found it by taking a short detour through the Ritz Carlton Hotel where we also located a beautiful spa, a much needed and very oppulent bathroom, and a gorgeous fountain.....NICE!!!!
Before dinner tonight 5 of us went to the IMAX where we saw a film called Hurricane on the Bayou. Am very glad to have seen this picture as it gave amazing insight into the bayou area that we toured on an airboat just a few days ago. The film also gave lots of information on the tragedy of Katrina and of the even worse tragedy that has been going on for the past century. The wetlands surrounding this part of the USA are disappearing at an alarming rate (due to human interferance) leaving no protection for the storms when they blow in from the ocean. It is almost a surity that there will be another storm like Katrina and unless there are protective measures in place....it will be a repeat of 8 years ago. They're trying to re-establish some of the wetlands through small rock walls in the ocean, a series of dams along the Mississippi (to encourage it to deposit some of the soil it carries back where it was meant to before man messed things up), and the planting of mangrove seedlings to create a root system that will help hold what is still there in place when the next storm comes along. Anyway....it was a really good film and oh ya.....even better because when you go to the show here you get to have a dacquiri with your popcorn!!
Walked the soles off our shoes again today/tonight....through the French Quarter, the French Market, the River Walk, back and forth, back and forth.....we've resorted to anti-inflamitories to dull the pain and even at that....are ready for bed again tonight.
till next time,
Lorrie-Mae
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