Trip to New Orleans

I’ve been postponing my blog entries over the past month and have just today rededicated myself to getting them done. Odds are I’ll do them and then wait another month to do any more. But whatever. I have good intentions.
One event worth mentioning is my trip to New Orleans, LA for the Fleet Feet Winter Conference. I was very excited to visit this city – as a teacher I always enjoyed teaching the chapter on the Battle of New Orleans. Check out http://battleofneworleans.org/ for more details on this interesting battle at the tail end of the Revolutionary War (actually, it occurred after the war ended).
Conferences typically don’t afford attendees the opportunity to do much sightseeing, so I took action and booked my flight to leave a day early. I planned to do the tourist thing before being cooped up in a hotel for nearly a week. Well, that day came and I overslept. For the first time in my life I actually missed my flight. And of course the next available flight was the next day and it got me in just a few hours before the conference began. What did I miss out on? The ‘gator ranch tour, the haunted cemetery tour, and wicked fun on Bourbon Street. But wait, I DID have wicked fun on Bourbon Street. I guess a little is better than none.
A few pics of Café du Monde, Jackson Square, and the view from my hotel. Any incriminating photos have been deliberately left out.