Total miles: 446
Hours Driving: 7 hours
State Count: 12 - Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana
We left Memphis at day break, and headed toward Clinton, Mississippi; the home of the friends of Dave's mother.We arrived in Clinton just in time for a really nice lunch. We spent an hour visiting, and then went on our way!
We made a quick stop at the Louisiana border for a quick visitor sign shot, and then continued on our way!
Another last minute stop along the way that turned into amazing memories!
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While driving, we debated the merits of stopping at a swamp tour. Kind of touristy, but hey, we were tourists! And none of us had ever been on one before.
We made some quick calls and one operation still had space for four on their last daytime trip on the swamp! Okay, sign us up!
The boat trip took us along some of typical Louisiana swamp.
We got to see an authentic Cajun village accessible only by boat.
And some amazingly beautiful scenery.
We found some really cool bugs - including these huge grasshoppers
But coolest of all, of course, were the alligators!
But coolest of all, of course, were the alligators!
Both boys even got the chance to feed the alligator marshmallows from a stick. Touristy or not, that was just plain cool!
●●● New Orleans, LA
We all cleaned up and then headed to the Old Coffeepot for an awesome Cajun dinner. We then took a quick walk down Bourbon street (before it got too late and too sketchy for young boy eyes!), and then crashed in our hotel room!
Hard to believe we did all that in one day!
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