We were up early and ready to meet the City of New Orleans. Everyone told me I would fall in love with it. 
We decided to walk to the waterfront to meet the tour bus. It was supposed to be a short walk and it probably would have been if I’d checked a walking map. But I used my phone to google the route not really thinking that google would give me driving directions. Needless to say we added a few extra blocks to our walk!
After an excellent breakfast buffet in the restaurant attached to the hotel we took off to find the Lighthouse that doubled as a visitor center.
We walked and walked. We passed a wonderful park with bronze statues of jazz musicians and promised we’d come back when we could sit and enjoy the live music. I love all the decorative grill work on the balconies.
The streets were just waking up. Large trash cans lined the sidewalks waiting for the garbage pick up. A few joggers were out but mostly the streets were empty. Clearly New Orleans is a city of the night.
Finally we spied the “Lighthouse” . It was located on the banks of the Mississippi. I admit that being on the banks of the Big Muddy gave me goose bumps. I hadn’t even thought about seeing the Mississippi while we were in New Orleans and there it was.
It looked like the rain had followed us from San Antonio as dark clouds threatened while we waited for the tour bus to arrive.
