6th Anniversary Trip: New Orleans, LA

With our anniversary being so close to Christmas (two weeks after) and no need to buy each other an additional present Jerod and I typically try to take a few days off of work to get away and relax. This year (a few weeks after our anniversary proper) we drove to New Orleans, LA!!!!!!!!!!!!! The drive took about 11 hours and wasn't too bad, on the way there we went the back way through southeastern OK, the corner of AR, and into LA and the way home we went the more direct route of LA into TX and up into OK. We had a wonderful time, weather (except for small rain storms and a horrible rain storm on the drive home), food, everything! Here are some of the highlights.

We stayed a beautiful hotel (the Place De Armes) right by Jackson Square.

Did tons of walking and exploring during the day.

Went to the Marie Laveau museum

The aquarium

Rode the trolley (sorry!!! STREETCAR) through the Garden District. It was cool to see people starting to put up their Mardi Gras decorations.

Went on a National Parks Service tour of the river front. It was cold that morning but our tour guide was excellent! I would recommend this tour to anyone.

Ate and drank (or maybe it was the other way around?)

. . .and went for a night time Ghost Tour. Not that spooky but very informative. Supposedly, most people have "orbs" or abnormalities show up in the photos they take during the tour. . .we did not. Although, my friend Megan showed me pictures her brother took on the same tour and that had tons of orbs, so who knows.

Goodbye NOLA. . .the Belteau-Gerfen's had fun.