The day went as I suspected it would... too many things to do, not enough time. I finally got everyone up and fed & we took off on our travels. The Creole Nature Trail took us south to the coast. Interesting area. Still lots of hurricane damage & evidence, will write more about it later. Stopped at Gulf Breeze Beach to stretch our legs, then headed back up to I-10. Then it was onto Breaux Bridgs and Gumbo & fried aligator @ Mulates. I was able to get all the girls to try it. Deeanna was the one that protested the most and she was the one that liked it the most! One of these days she'll realize that I'll never steer her wrong!

We continued on through Baton Rouge then headed on to Old River Road. Unfortunatly we were out of luck since the plantations stop giving tours by 5 pm and we showed up at 5:30. Ah well, the girls still got to see the area, cross the Mississippi a few times, and see the Big House through the grand lines of oaks.

We pulled up to our hotel at 7:30. We're staying at the Lamothe House on Esplanade. Very cool place. We're not in the main house, but directly behind in one of the buildings facing the pool. We have a 2 bedroom suite, one has a king bed and the other is double twins. There's also an entry way sitting room and balconies front and back. The ceilings in here must be 20 feet high. I love it. Basically the moment we got here Kiara and Morgan jumped in the pool. I let them swim until they started asking if we could order in a pizza. With some of the best Creole & Cajun food mere steps from our temporary front door? No way are we having "normal food"! So they got dressed and we hoofed it down towards Jefferson Square. Deeanna was able to get herself a very cool personalized piece of art from one of the street venders, I'll post a picture later. She was thrilled, didn't stop beaming the rest of the evening. We ate at the Corner Oyster Bar & Grill, right across from the square. I ordered the Crawfish Chicken which was basically a seasoned chicken breast on a bed of rice smothered in Crawfish Ettouffe. It was AMAZING! There was a small little part of me that wanted to lick the plate clean.

I'm off to wake the kids. This morning we're walking down to get some biegnets & chicory coffee at Cafe Dumonde shop the French Market and walk around the Quarter till our feet fall off. As soon as I find the appropriate cord I'll upload some pictures!