We stayed a little north of Mobile last night and this morning chatted with an older woman from Philadelphia who flew down with her friend to go to Mardi Gras in Mobile. So we decided to drive through the historic downtown and check it out on our way west. Pretty easy getting to Dauphin Street and they already had the barricades up, people were already starting to line up to see the first parade of the day. Deb hunted down some tea while I chatted up the motorcycle police guys (Harleys). Sounds like a crazy week, but not as crazy as New Orleans. We ran into nobody that recommended being in New Orleans for Marti Gras. "Not family friendly" we heard over and over. Most towns seem to have their own parades and everything seems to close on Fat Tuesday. So the motorcycle police said we should get our car out in the next half hour before they start towing. They got this down. So off to the highway (Rt10) and west to Louisiana.
Every state we stop if there is an information place to get the official state map (if we don't already have it) and we stop for coffee / tea / bathroom breaks as required. Lafayette LA was out destination today and it poured buckets the last couple hours. We found and outdoor Aradian Village and ducked from building to building with our raincoats. Next time we bring an umbrella..
Checked in at the hotel and walked down the street to the Blue Dog Cafe for Cajun food (Crayfish enchiladas, Boudin Balls (rive and sausage balls deep fat fried) and beignets (powder donuts with butter/cane sugar dipping sauce). There is all kinds of traditional food down here we never heard of.
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