New Orleans

My mom got a job so as a sort of celebration we went on an impromptu trip to Louisiana.  After getting up at 3am and three different flights, we finally got there.  The best part about New Orleans: swamps and alligators (which are in fact outside of New Orleans).

St. Louis Cathedral as seen from Jackson Square.  Andrew Jackson is in the middle on his horse.

I do believe there are real pigs lips in that container.

Mardi Gras beads still hanging around.

Multi-graves, single family.  They're above ground because they'll float to the surface if they're buried.

This duck/goose chased us for our popcorn.

St. Louis Cathedral

The back of St. Louis Cathedral.  The shadow is extra eerie because we just finished a ghost tour of the French Quarter.

Sugar cane plants.

Oak Alley Plantation

Alligators!

Baby Alligators!

Swamp: water over land.  Its only a few feet deep and its brackish water (fresh and salt water together)

Beignets.  Most delicious thing ever.