New Orleans Weekend

Aug 03, 2010

 My wife and I visited New Orleans last weekend. Even though it was kind of a last minute decision and we had not planned for the trip, we still had a good time. We stayed just outside of downtown and visited the French quarter and Bourbon street. We have both been there before, I have made at least ten trips to New Orleans in the last twenty years and it has always been fun for me. I'm not sure if it was my current weight or fact that I have not been there in 6 years, but somehow it seemed different this time. It didn't seem to hold that special magic feeling for me it has in the past. I used to be like a kid before Christmas when I knew I was on my way there, but not this time. We both were saddened by the very apparent destruction of Katrina that still scars the city. Neither of us had been there since Katrina. It was very sad. I know I have matured a great deal since my surgery in 2004, and maybe thats the reason Boubon didn't hold that same magic for me. I actually had a better time walking the Riverfront Mall and eating a Shrimp Po boy in the food court. I am looking forward to regaining my health and maybe we can go on a cruise in October. 

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