Where's Abby (+ Dylan and dogs)

On the road again! Oregon Trail Round 2 from May 16-May 24, 2024 New Orleans was our first stop on this trip. On our first trip out in May 2020, we skipped NOLA as this weirdo new pandemis was wreaking havoc in that little Cajun town. But this time around, we had a great stay at the Creole Garden hotel with the most colorful patio. We had a lovely rainy walk to dinner and an entertaining walk down Bourbon with everyone's intuitions just thrown to the wind. What a place.  San Antonio was next, where it was certainly a pretty little riverwalk and we got some delicious street tacos, but was kind of one of those blooper kinda nights. It was a loong drive, we were starving, we made a rash decision for street tacos and realized we missed out on the tex mex we were so stoked on. No rice. No beans. No chips and salsa... Ugh. We couldn't get over it haha... the dogs got hot and we couldn't find water, our skin was wackily dry and uncomfortable, we thought we'd left our toiletry ...

A little trip to New Orleans? For New Year's Eve? By all means! We drove through a street we thought looked rough I wasn't so sure if my selection was good enough But "you've reached your destination" was the GPS's notification A book in the home called New Orleans' Unfathomable  We thought it looked like it could be habitable  With all the character in the French buildings  We thought we could overlook the increase in killings  Our tourist selves drank hand grenades and hurricanes  walking down Bourbon certainly entertains  We toured the oldest house and learned about D-Day And how Europeans came to change our sinful, American way Our bellies were stuffed with beignets, coffee, rice and beans jambalaya, muffaletta , African , and Japanese Cafe Rose Nicaud was my favorite place to rest writing and sipping gingerbread cappuccino was simply the best Took a trolley to the romantic Garden District around the beautiful ...