Day 4: Thursday, April 17, 2014
Mobile, AL to New Orleans:
Distance: 152 miles; time: 2:15
Total Distance to Date: 586 miles.
Route taken: Straight west on I-10.
So, we left Mobile, AL under cloudy, rainy skies with a 60% chance of rain later in the afternoon. We hoped to find the campground and get set up before the rains came.
We kept looking out the windows thinking we'd see an alligator or two lurking in the waters. But no such luck.
It seemed we entered New Orleans in rush hour traffic. It's very stressful finding your way thru a new city in a 45 ft. vehicle.
You can see the downtown in the distance.
The KOA Campground is across the street from the Mississippi River. We set up camp and hurried to check it out. The rains are holding off.
We discovered a trail on top of the levee. What fun! We walked a mile or so to see if we could see much of the mighty Mississippi!
Adam had to take a picture of the ships moving thru the waters. They are huge! The water is mud colored and very choppy. Adam says he can't imagine how Tom Sawyer managed his little raft on that river.
Day 5: Friday, April 18, 2014
Visiting WWII National Museum
The front desk manager was friendly and gave us directions to the WW2 Museum in the Warehouse District. She told us to take the scenic route thru the Garden District on St. Charles Ave. WOW! You have to compete with bikes, street cars, pediatricians, and other vehicles on this road. It was chaos. But it was very pretty too.
We arrived at the WW2 Museum and planned to spend the whole day there. We were not disappointed. The mission of the museum focuses on the remembrance and celebration of the American Spirit, teamwork, courage, and sacrifice of the men and women who served during World War II.
The museum is broken down into sections: Ground Vehicles, Home Front, Aircraft, European Theater and Pacific Theater.
Adam checking a German bomb shelter.
We all came away with a deep sense of the sacrifices made by our courageous troops in defending our country. The exhibits approached WWII on a very personal level, bringing to bear the individual stories of how these world shattering events impacted their lives on an individual basis.
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