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I parked the bus in a camp site at Bayou Segnette, jumped in the car and we headed into the city. No one used the word “brakes”. It was a perfect day.</p> -<p>Somewhere on the drive in we’d crossed over the little line dividing the Gulf air from the lower edge of the jet stream<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1" rel="footnote">1</a></sup>. On the other side of that line is warmth. So, despite being February, New Orleans was the only way it’s ever been in the eight times I’ve been here, as far as I can tell, the only way it ever is, the way it should be, the way it was meant to be: hot, humid, sweltering. I wouldn’t want it any other way.</p> -<div class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-20_141636_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_141636_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_141636_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_141636_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_141636_new-orleans_featured_jrnl.jpg 520w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_141636_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_141636_new-orleans_picwide.jpg" alt="walking the streets of new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-20_141636_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > - </a> -</div> - -<div class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-20_154547_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_154547_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_154547_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_154547_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_154547_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Windows, New Orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-20_154547_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > - </a> -</div> - -<div class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-20_154636-1_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_154636-1_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_154636-1_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_154636-1_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_154636-1_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="walking, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-20_154636-1_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > - </a> -</div> - -<p>This time around we hit some of our favorite spots, crepes in the French Market, swings and Storyland out at City Park, but we also spent more time in one of my favorite parts of New Orleans, Faubourg Treme. </p> -<figure class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-18_145959_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_145959_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_145959_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_145959_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_145959_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="crepes in the french market photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-18_145959_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Crepes in the french market"> - </a> -<figcaption>Crepes in the french market</figcaption> -</figure> - -<div class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-21_142124_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-21_142124_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-21_142124_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-21_142124_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-21_142124_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="City park, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-21_142124_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > - </a> -</div> - -<figure class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-20_131936_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_131936_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_131936_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_131936_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_131936_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="tomb of the unknown slave, faubourg treme photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-20_131936_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Tomb of the unknown slave, Faubourg Treme"> - </a> -<figcaption>Tomb of the unknown slave, Faubourg Treme</figcaption> -</figure> - -<p>I ended up finding a good coffee shop to work at in the heart of Treme. It also served Sno-balls with an absurd amount of syrup on them, which kept the kids on a good sugar high while we wandered the streets.</p> -<div class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-20_144813_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_144813_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_144813_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_144813_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-20_144813_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="blue tongue photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-20_144813_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > - </a> -</div> - -<p>While I was working Corrinne and the kids went to the Children’s Museum, which they all said was the best they’ve ever been to. Good enough that they went back a couple of times.</p> -<div class="cluster"> - - <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/20180221_103834.jpg" title="view larger image "> - <img class=" " sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/20180221_103834_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/20180221_103834_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/20180221_103834_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/20180221_103834_picwide-med.jpg" alt="children's museum, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/20180221_103834.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> - - -<span class="row-2"> - - - <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/20180221_114805.jpg" title="view larger image "> - <img class="pic5 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/20180221_114805_pic5.jpg" alt="children's museum, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/20180221_114805.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> - - - - - <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/20180221_114621.jpg" title="view larger image "> - <img class="pic5 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/20180221_114621_pic5.jpg" alt="children's museum, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/20180221_114621.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> - - -</span> -<span class="row-2"> - - - <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/20180221_110452.jpg" title="view larger image "> - <img class="pic5 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/20180221_110452_pic5.jpg" alt="children's museum, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/20180221_110452.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> - - - - - <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/20180220_102944.jpg" title="view larger image "> - <img class="pic5 " src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/20180220_102944_pic5.jpg" alt="children's museum, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/20180220_102944.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" ></a> - - -</span> - - -<figure > - <a href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/20180221_103209.jpg" title="view larger image (photo by Corrinne Gilbertson)"> - <img class=" " sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/20180221_103209_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/20180221_103209_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/20180221_103209_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/20180221_103209_picwide-med.jpg" alt="children's museum, new orleans photographed by Corrinne Gilbertson" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/20180221_103209.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="Going native."></a> -<figcaption>Going native.</figcaption> -</figure> - - -</div> - -<p>I’d be hard pressed to come up with a more kid-friendly city than New Orleans, but then I think our kids may be a bit unusual. </p> -<p>One day at the campground I was working and Corrinne took the kids to the little playground. There ended up being some other kids there and they were all playing together. I wasn’t there but apparently the parents were complaining about how dirty New Orleans was (homeless people! Poop on the street! The horror!) and one of the kids told Lilah she didn’t like New Orleans. Later, when they were walking back to the bus Lilah whispered to Corrinne, <em>I just don’t think I could be friends with someone who doesn’t like New Orleans</em>.</p> -<div class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-24_152213_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-24_152213_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-24_152213_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-24_152213_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-24_152213_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="City park, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-24_152213_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > - </a> -</div> - -<figure class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-24_145948-2_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-24_145948-2_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-24_145948-2_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-24_145948-2_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-24_145948-2_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="carousel, city park, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-24_145948-2_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="The world's fastest carousel did not seem quite as fast this year. Maybe it's just us."> - </a> -<figcaption>The world’s fastest carousel did not seem quite as fast this year. Maybe it’s just us.</figcaption> -</figure> - -<div class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-24_151844_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-24_151844_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-24_151844_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-24_151844_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-24_151844_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="City park, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-24_151844_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > - </a> -</div> - -<div class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-24_153451_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-24_153451_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-24_153451_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-24_153451_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-24_153451_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="City park, new orleans photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-24_153451_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > - </a> -</div> - -<p>While it would have been nice to ignore the brake situation completely, it did need to be dealt with. I got in touch with a shop that said they could do it and drove it over one morning. They got it apart and for the first time I saw the front shoes, and yep, we need new shoes, badly. Unfortunately the shoes are a bit of an oddity and the shop couldn’t get a shoe that fit. We ended up sleeping in the bus in the driveway of the shop with one tire off that night. Probably our oddest campsite thus far.</p> -<div class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-21_062821-1_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-21_062821-1_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-21_062821-1_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-21_062821-1_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-21_062821-1_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="None photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-21_062821-1_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > - </a> -</div> - -<p>In the end though, two different shoes were ordered and neither ended up fitting. The next day we limped back to the campground to wait on a third set that was on order, but wouldn’t get here for five days. That meant an extra few days in New Orleans, but we’ve certainly been stranded in far less interesting places. No one was complaining this time.</p> -<p>We spent more time hanging around the campground this time around. Sometimes it’s good to spend a few days doing nothing. I worked, the kids played, we cooked lots of blackend redfish, ate crawfish boudin, and waited out a rainstorm or two. Once I even tricked the kids into letting me take portraits of them.</p> -<div class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-18_165700_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_165700_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_165700_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_165700_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_165700_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Bayou Segnette photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-18_165700_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > - </a> -</div> - -<div class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-26_163708_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-26_163708_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-26_163708_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-26_163708_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-26_163708_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="playing at the bus photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-26_163708_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > - </a> -</div> - -<div class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-26_163407_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-26_163407_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-26_163407_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-26_163407_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-26_163407_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="grumpy boy photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-26_163407_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > - </a> -</div> - -<div class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-19_065121_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-19_065121_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-19_065121_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-19_065121_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-19_065121_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="rainy days photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-19_065121_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > - </a> -</div> - -<figure class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/IMG_20180223_171840109.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/IMG_20180223_171840109_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/IMG_20180223_171840109_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/IMG_20180223_171840109_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/IMG_20180223_171840109_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Blackened Redfish photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/IMG_20180223_171840109.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="No we didn't catch it."> - </a> -<figcaption>No we didn’t catch it.</figcaption> -</figure> - -<figure class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/IMG_20180223_121855119.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/IMG_20180223_121855119_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/IMG_20180223_121855119_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/IMG_20180223_121855119_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/IMG_20180223_121855119_picwide-med.jpg" alt="Nice Airstream photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/IMG_20180223_121855119.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" data-jslghtbx-caption="No offense to anyone who owns an Airstream, but, while they're cool, they're a dime a dozen. This, however, was utterly remarkable. Far and away the best homemade camper I've seen, anywhere. The skill and attention to detail on this thing was amazing. Plus, he can climb mountains without ever thinking about it. Possibly the first rig I've been jealous of."> - </a> -<figcaption>No offense to anyone who owns an Airstream, but, while they’re cool, they’re a dime a dozen. This, however, was utterly remarkable. Far and away the best homemade camper I’ve seen, anywhere. The skill and attention to detail on this thing was amazing. Plus, he can climb mountains without ever thinking about it. Possibly the first rig I’ve been jealous of.</figcaption> -</figure> - -<div class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-18_165811_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_165811_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_165811_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_165811_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_165811_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="girl smiling photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-18_165811_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > - </a> -</div> - -<div class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-18_170006_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_170006_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_170006_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_170006_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_170006_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="None photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-18_170006_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > - </a> -</div> - -<div class="picwide"> - <a itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" href="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-18_165747_new-orleans.jpg " title="view larger image"> - <img class="u-photo" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px" srcset="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_165747_new-orleans_picwide-sm.jpg 720w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_165747_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg 1170w, https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_165747_new-orleans_picwide.jpg 2880w" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/2018/2018-02-18_165747_new-orleans_picwide-med.jpg" alt="girl smiling photographed by luxagraf" data-jslghtbx="https://images.luxagraf.net/original/2018/2018-02-18_165747_new-orleans.jpg" data-jslghtbx-group="group" > - </a> -</div> - -<p>At the end of five days of waiting… that shoe didn’t fit either. I eventually tracked down shoes for the front, but it’d be another five days to have them shipped down and that would mean missing out on our reservations at Fort Pickens. We decided that, if we stuck to the interstate and avoided the stop and go traffic, it’d be fine. I also had a list of shops in Pensacola that I was pretty sure could help us out.</p> -<p>After ten days in New Orleans we were ready to move on anyway. It’s a lovely city, it’d still be top of our list to move to if we were interested in living in a city. But we’re not. Right now we’re more interested in discovering what’s around the next corner.</p> -<div class="footnote"> -<hr> -<ol> -<li id="fn:1"> -<p>Not mentioned in my summary of our planning tools were a couple of weather-related websites. We use <a href="https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-86.26,31.40,3000">https://earth.nullschool.net/</a> obsessively, or at least I do. Pretty sure my wife has better things to do with her life. But between that site and <a href="http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/us_comp/large">the University of Wisconsin’s various weather data</a> you can get a pretty definitive understanding of why the weather is what it is where you are and where you need to go to improve it. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" rev="footnote" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p> -</li> -</ol> -</div> - </div> - <div class="entry-footer"> - <aside id="wildlife"> - <h3>Fauna and Flora</h3> - - <ul> - - <li class="grouper">Birds<ul> - - <li>Downy Woodpecker </li> - - <li>Fish Crow </li> - - <li>Great Blue Heron </li> - - <li>Inca Dove </li> - - <li><a href="/dialogues/northern-cardinal">Northern Cardinal</a> </li> - - <li><a href="/dialogues/northern-mockingbird">Northern Mockingbird</a> </li> - - <li>Red-winged Blackbird </li> - - <li>White Ibis </li> - - <li>Yellow-rumped Warbler </li> - </ul> - </ul> - </aside> - - - <aside id="recommended-reading" " > - <h3>Recommended Reading</h3> - <ul> - <li><a href="/book-notes/teche-a-history-of-louisianas-most-famous-bayou"><img src="/media/images//book-covers/teche_W6An1Xt_small.jpg" /></a></li> - </ul> - </aside> - </div> - </article> - - - <div class="nav-wrapper"> - <nav id="page-navigation" > - <ul> - <li id="prev"><span class="bl">Previous:</span> - <a href="/jrnl/2018/02/vermilionville-grand-isle" rel="prev" title=" Vermilionville & Grand Isle">Vermilionville & Grand Isle</a> - </li> - <li id="next"><span class="bl">Next:</span> - <a href="/jrnl/2018/03/island-sun" rel="next" title=" Island in the Sun">Island in the Sun</a> - </li> - </ul> - </nav> - </div> - - - - - - -<p class="comments--header">2 Comments</p> - - - - - - - <div class="comments--wrapper"> - - <div id="comment-3068" class="comment"> - <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="default"> - <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/default.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Patsy Wall" /> - </noscript> - <div class="comment--head"> - <span class="who"><b>Patsy Wall</b></span> - <span class="when">March 13, 2018 at 3:23 p.m.</span> - </div> - - <div class="comment--body"> - - <p>Love reading your blogs, but love the pictures of the children even more. Such a Beautiful family!</p> - - </div> - </div> - - <div id="comment-3070" class="comment"> - <noscript class="datahashloader" data-hash="d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac"> - <img class="gravatar" src="https://images.luxagraf.net/gravcache/d64f4854965b2b1c3ecafee4b2a66fac.jpg" alt="gravatar icon for Scott" /> - </noscript> - <div class="comment--head"> - <span class="who"><b><a href="https://luxagraf.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott</a></b></span> - <span class="when">March 14, 2018 at 9:23 a.m.</span> - </div> - - <div class="comment--body"> - - <p>@Patsy- </p> -<p>Thank you.</p> - - </div> - </div> - - </div> - - -<div class="comment--form--wrapper comment-form-border"> - -<div class="comment--form--header"> - <p class="hed">Thoughts?</p> - <p class="subhed">Please leave a reply:</p> -</div> -<form action="/comments/post/" method="post" class="comment--form"> - -<input type="hidden" name="rder" value="" /> - - - <input type="hidden" name="content_type" value="jrnl.entry" id="id_content_type"> - - - - <input type="hidden" name="object_pk" value="245" id="id_object_pk"> - - - - <input type="hidden" name="timestamp" value="1596833357" id="id_timestamp"> - - - - <input type="hidden" name="security_hash" value="213d36ace2c73c9c243642ba9da6f80bdde02744" id="id_security_hash"> - - - - <fieldset > - <label for="id_name">Name:</label> - <input type="text" name="name" maxlength="50" required id="id_name"> - </fieldset> - - - - <fieldset > - <label for="id_email">Email address:</label> - <input type="email" name="email" required id="id_email"> - </fieldset> - - - - <fieldset > - <label for="id_url">URL:</label> - <input type="url" name="url" id="id_url"> - </fieldset> - - - - <fieldset > - <label for="id_comment">Comment:</label> - <div class="textarea-rounded"><textarea name="comment" cols="40" rows="10" maxlength="3000" required id="id_comment"> -</textarea></div> - </fieldset> - - - - <fieldset style="display:none;"> - <label for="id_honeypot">If you enter anything in this field your comment will be treated as spam:</label> - <input type="text" name="honeypot" id="id_honeypot"> - </fieldset> - - - <div class="submit"> - <input type="submit" name="post" class="submit-post btn" value="Post" /> - <input type="submit" name="preview" class="submit-preview btn" value="Preview" /> - </div> -</form> -<p style="font-size: 95%;"><strong>All comments are moderated</strong>, so you won’t see it right away. 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