Ligers Take New Orleans

After our miraculous arrival in NOLA our first stop was our hotel...as it was 11:30 at night and the navigator was tired of navigating.

When we set out into the city we started out the day right, as all good explorers should, with a nice balanced breakfast courtesy of Betsy's Pancake house. Where we had some interesting cajun spiced hash browns with rice, and Adam met "one of the nicest people ever." However, Adam, then quickly proceeded to kill the upbeat mood by asking one of the waitresses if she was "The Betsy" to which we found out that she was not...and that The Betsy was murdered when her home was broken into two years ago, God rest her soul.

After we finished fueling up we set out for our second hotel and got checked in, however, contrary to what the lady had told us when we called, our room was not ready yet so we ended up parking the car at the Harrahs and gambled for 30 minutes to get our free 24 hours worth of parking. As opposed to, probably the more prudent option, of paying $35 per day to park at the hotel. But as all good Ligers say, "prudence be damned."

After we played our 30 minutes we started walking around the riverfront. We took the ferry across the river and got some good scenic views of the French Quarter (apparently pronounced Ka'watah here) from the river.











When the boat returned to the original dock we stopped in at the "Time Out Bar and Grill" where we had Gator Bites (deep fried alligator sausages), and Po'Boys. Courtney and Ann(e) had the Catfish, Erin and Adam had the Chili dog, and your illustrious author had the Crawfish. All of which were good. That said, for those who travel to NOLA, it was on the pricier side of Po'Boys, at $14 per sandwich, and no free soda refills, and isn't the best Po'Boy in town.

After our fill we did a little window shopping in the near by strip mall, went back to our car and got our stuff and headed to the hotel as we got the call that the room was ready.