NOLA & Florida Arrival

NOLA Part 2, etcetera

Pretty sedate for the last several days in the New Orleans area. Four nights in the city was enough for this guy, with the nights ending about 10:30 latest to avoid craziness.  I raised one of my four drinks - beer, water, black coffee and a shot of Jameson's - to a friend who passed away about 4+ years ago, John Donovan, the original 'multi-beverage' boy.

Spent some time fixing up the trailer.  Hung the cast wind chime from Paolo Soleri's workshop. It has a quick disconnect I can use prior to travel at highway speed. Gotta remember though.  Added caulk on the roof to insure watertight performance, and washed the whole thing down.  I position my golden waving-arm welcome-cat from San Francisco's Chinatown in the 'yard', along with my still-living plant. First saw these cats in Bangkok, Thailand and thought they were great!  They still are.

Watched Games 1 and 2 of the Cleveland/Chicago World Series outside with a awkward cable extension. Watching TV outside in a camp chair makes me feel like a real RVer. Cool! :) The guy in the pic is from Alabama.  Good guy but I had to lay down some ground rules relating to his totally racist opinions.  After that it was an enjoyable evening with a friend. He's only the second solo camper I've run across. The first guy was Louie from France, whom I met in San Antonio.

                             

I went to the fantastic, not-to-be-missed New Orleans World War II Museum. Walked through for 2.5 hours and needed 3.5. Additionally, there was a 4D movie narrated by Tom Hanks that was great.

Pictures inside the WWII Museum can't begin to show how powerful all the presentations were. You could pick one of 6 soldiers or sailors and hear their remarks about being there on an earphone throughout the museum.

A setting for the war in the Pacific.

Then I got George. I checked out a couple of pet shops but eventually found him at the SPCA. Species and age unknown. But he may be around two years old. It appears he is big and has floppy ears so that's probably a good indicator that he's of the big floppy-eared species. I know animals!

  

George has 3 cages: an outdoor fence that he has learned to jump out of, his nighttime cage in the trailer, and a travel cage.  Totally first class rabbit environments.

George sleeps in the top bunk. I sleep in the bottom. Importantly there is a water-tight pan under his cage.

His outdoor cage now has a makeshift lid.

His car cage lets him ride shotgun.  He did really well on his 45 minute test run, then again on the 4.5 hour trip into Florida. Just hunkers down and stays calm. No barking, biting, bonkers or barfing. Doesn't talk much though.

I am now at Destin, Florida in the Miramar Beach area.  It's nice. 

I added this pic for my grandson Luke, a first class RV Park bathroom and shower rater. I believe he would give this one a check-plus. The only nicer showers have been in Indio, CA.  Since my camper shower is the size of a mailbox, it is an important feature.

Added Alabama and Florida this morning.  So far I've hit 24 states on this trip. A full half of the lower 48. I'll have been through 27 states upon completion.

Miramar Beach looking out at the Gulf.

Miramar Beach bum

That's all I have for now.  I'll be in St. Petersburg on November 1. Tanner.

Take care all. Thanks for checking this out!

DDP