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Today was a fun day. We headed out early to get to Jefferson Davis' house for opening.
As we crossed the state line into Mississippi the fog was thick and we couldn't see too far in front of the car, let alone the sea right next to us! We had a great Southern tour guide at Jefferson Davis' house {Beauvoir} who was telling is all about his time in the war visiting Britain.
After we left there our next stop was a bit of a daring one - the abandoned Six Flags theme park just outside of New Orleans. I'd read about it online, it was used right up until Hurricane Katrina but the damage done was too much and they couldn't afford to repair the rides so they left it.
The only problem was that it is on private property so going there is trespassing...but we risked it! It was really good and we managed to get a few photos before security came and asked us to leave. Dan just claimed British ignorance!
Our final activity was an airboat ride on the Bayou - now this was really cool. We saw lots of gators and turtles and shot lots of video on the GoPro. Afterwards we headed to the hotel and had a wander around the French Quarter before we sat down in a little outside courtyard and had fried shrimp, hushpuppies and jambalaya with a mint julep!
Tomorrow is a New Orleans day and we're hoping to fit in all the sights before heading to basketball in the evening!
As we crossed the state line into Mississippi the fog was thick and we couldn't see too far in front of the car, let alone the sea right next to us! We had a great Southern tour guide at Jefferson Davis' house {Beauvoir} who was telling is all about his time in the war visiting Britain.
After we left there our next stop was a bit of a daring one - the abandoned Six Flags theme park just outside of New Orleans. I'd read about it online, it was used right up until Hurricane Katrina but the damage done was too much and they couldn't afford to repair the rides so they left it.
The only problem was that it is on private property so going there is trespassing...but we risked it! It was really good and we managed to get a few photos before security came and asked us to leave. Dan just claimed British ignorance!
Our final activity was an airboat ride on the Bayou - now this was really cool. We saw lots of gators and turtles and shot lots of video on the GoPro. Afterwards we headed to the hotel and had a wander around the French Quarter before we sat down in a little outside courtyard and had fried shrimp, hushpuppies and jambalaya with a mint julep!
Tomorrow is a New Orleans day and we're hoping to fit in all the sights before heading to basketball in the evening!
