Finally, we are out of the state of Florida. It feels like we were there forever, although I just realized it was only actually 6 days. The weirdest juxtaposition of this trip so far has been spending 6 days in one state, and then being in 4 states the next day. The U.S., England, and Mexico are all out of the World Cup running, so now all we have is Ghana to root for before all of our teams are out. (By "our" teams, I mean I get to root for Ghana because Dre went there once. I think we're becoming the smae person so that's probably ok.)
Tallahassee was an interesting place, we met some fun people at the pub (which was SO RIDICULOUSLY CROWDED) and ended up staying the night with an old hippie. Coolest house ever - I've never seen so many knick knacks all in one place!! We went out for a little bit that night, just trying to see the town, but there were only about 4 bars, and they were all like nasty college frat bars. Which can definitely be fun (clearly... who am I again?) but not really what we were in the mood for. No worries though, we went home, watched a movie and went to sleep!
On our way to New Orleans yesterday we stopped near Eglin Air Force Base to go to the beach, and ended up finding tar balls while swimming in the ocean. Really sad, the beach wasn't messy yet but just to know that it will be soon was depressing, especially because it was so so beautiful. Stopped at a few more places on the Gulf to try to see some oily beaches (half from rubbernecking, half because...how could we not?) but didn't see much. We finally made it into our campground very near New Orleans around 6, after a 8 hour total trip. Bayou Segnett State Park was so so nice, and if we hadn't found an awesome couch surfer to stay with for the rest of the time we would be totally happy to have stayed there. We made some Zatarain's Red Beans and Rice for dinner in honor of the occasion and the location, and then headed out on the town!
Another advantage of the campground was that it was only about a 15 minute drive to Bourbon St. However, we spent longer than that trying to find a place to park in the French Quarter. In the scheme of things though, that was the only problem we had, so the night was definitely a success! We went to a bar called Krazy Korner (I think?) and had a great time chatting with the upstairs bartender. We made a great friend who's really into traveling and couch surfing, and what more do you need when traveling than 3-for-1 drink deals (what?!?!?!) and new friends? Nothing.
Today has been mostly trying to sleep while the sun streams in the truck window at 7 a.m., and then dealing with rain. Go figure. But on the plus side, we got to our couch surfing location around 1 and it's been great to have air conditioning, a fridge, and wireless! And possibly a delicious Twix to help also. haha
For the rest of the night, I think we're going to look for free red beans and rice (apparently that's a common Monday thing... awesome!!) and then we'll head wherever the night takes us! I'm sure it will be fun, I decided that I'm totally in love with New Orleans and now that we know where to go for locals bars I'm excited to explore!
Alright, now that I"m all caught up it's time to get off my computer and go do stuff!
Thanks for reading everyone!
Yours in Wandering,
Katie
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