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1 -We started the day in Florida, drove westward into Alabama, then very quickly into Mississippi, and finally into Louisiana.  States go by quickly along the gulf coast!
1 +We started the day in Florida, drove westward into Alabama,
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3 -Arriving in New Orleans, we headed to our RV Park, where we met the camp host/owner, "Mr. Billy."  He assisted in getting us into the back-in site and then pulled out a map of New Orleans and spent at least the next half hour or more going over all of the places we should go, how to get there, how to avoid street scams, etc.!  It was a lot of information and I'm not sure we will remember it all!  "Remember where your shoes are at:  on your feet."  (This is the answer to the scammer statement "Betcha ten dolla I kin tell ya where you got yer shoes at."
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5 +then very quickly into Mississippi,
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9 +and finally into Louisiana.
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13 +States go by quickly along the gulf coast!
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15 +Arriving in New Orleans, we headed to our RV Park (on Chef Menteur highway, or "Big Liar", which is a story in and of itself)
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19 +where we met the camp host/owner, "Mr. Billy."  He assisted in getting us into the back-in site and then pulled out a map of New Orleans and spent at least the next half hour or more going over all of the places we should go, how to get there, how to avoid street scams, etc.!  It was a lot of information and I'm not sure we will remember it all!  "Remember where your shoes are at:  on your feet."  (This is the answer to the scammer statement "Betcha ten dolla I kin tell ya where you got yer shoes at."
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5 5  Very quickly, we noticed that the wifi doesn't seem to work correctly here.  It comes and goes, there one minute and totally disappeared the next.  I mentioned it to the host and he even invited me into his house to look at the equipment.  It all seems fine and he rebooted it all, but it still doesn't work, so we're back to cellular data connectivity.  While we seem to have a good T-Mobile signal, the actual bandwidth seems rather low.  We may be able to update some text on this wiki, but uploading pictures is very slow.
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7 -We also noticed that there are some very loud bikers on the road just outside of the park and just behind the park is a train yard.  So, we decided to sleep with the AC turned on, which provides a lot of white noise.  It was actually sufficient for a good night's sleep!
23 +We also noticed that there are some very loud bikers on the road just outside of the park and just behind the park is a train yard.
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27 +So, we decided to sleep with the AC turned on, which provides a lot of white noise.  It was actually sufficient for a good night's sleep!
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9 9  The next morning, when we turned off the AC, we heard the same type of frog which we heard in Charleston!  It sounds like a small dog barking.  As a matter of fact, we've been hearing this type of frog ever since we left SC!  This time, however, standing directly under the AC unit made it clear the sound was coming from directly overhead!  I guess we have a hitchhiker from Charleston in our AC!  (N.B. he left sometime during our stay in NOLA).
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11 11  Since it's raining most of the day today, we'll be running some errands to various stores and driving around town.  (The Kitty Boy needs his crunchies!  Kelly needs more insulin, if we're going to continue this adventure, otherwise we may be forced to go home!)
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35 35  It was getting closer to sunset now, so we took the same public transit back to our campground.  It was a very nice outing and a good day, in spite of a little rain!
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58 +On the third day, we left Mr Billy with his wifi problems, left New Orleans, and headed out, visiting the [[Laura Plantation>>https://www.lauraplantation.com/]] along the Mississippi River, to the west of the city.  There are a large number of plantations along the south side of the river and many of them are paying for themselves by running tours.  We selected the Laura Plantation because (1) it was recommended by a New Orleans Information guy with whom we talked during our second day and also (2) it was a Creole Plantation and had a tour telling more of the authentic history of the area.
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62 +We also drove by the [[Oak Alley Plantation>>https://www.oakalleyplantation.org/]], took our own picture of the alleyway of oaks leading toward the front (from the road because there was no place to stop), and visit the gift shop there.
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67 +Returning to the north side of the river (the Mississippi runs east-west through this area), we then headed toward our campground for the night, "[[Indian Creek RV Park>>https://www.ldaf.state.la.us/about/indian-creek-recreation-area/]]".
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70 +Little did we know what we were getting into next!
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