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kerry pinkerton
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Registered: July 2012
Location: Harvest, Al
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We decided to miss the final day of the Patterson LA GMCMI rally and visit New Orleans and still get home in time to get ready for Easter. Got to N.O. about 10:30 and parked about 1/2 mile from Canal Street. Using my new phone and 'Ok Google' directions, we quickly found Canal street and then promptly took off on a walking tour of the French Quarter lead around by the phone trying to find Bourbon Street and Cafe du Monde. I don't recommend that approach.....
Finally found Bourbon street and yep, it's a bunch of bars and such. Saw all we needed to see in about 10 minutes. Found a decent bar that had a good lunch and followed the waitress' directions to Cafe du Monde...another bad choice. We actually walked AROUND the Cafe before we gave up and fired up the phone again (third bad idea). Finally folks gave us some good directions and got there, had a quick Beignet and back to the car.
I was really surprised that there were not map stations scattered around. We saw lots and lots of other folks walking around lost also.
We probably should have done some more research and obtained a good map and it probably would have been more fun with some other folks. But all in all, to us it's just another big city with an 'entertainment' district that doesn't smell very good, has quite a few street people, lots of places to get drunk....etc. Since none of that is really appealing to us we were a bit underwhelmed. But we can check visiting NO off the bucket list and NO was the last major city in the US I had not been to.
By 2:45 we were back on the road and intended to stop somewhere in Mississippi for the night but as the day rolled on we decided to just push on driving instead of sitting in a motel room. We got in about 10PM. About 500 miles in the truck and 5 on foot....long day but our own bed sure felt good last night.
BTW, we were calculating the cost of driving the coach and staying in the campground vs driving a car and staying in a motel. With the reduced cost of the rally (no campground fees) and the increased gas mileage the cost is about a wash. However the convenience of having a coach at the rally where you can go rest and be a part of the event outside the festivities is a definite plus. That said, it was well worth the inconvenience to us. If we have a coach running, we'll drive it, if not the motel approach is OK.
Kerry Pinkerton - North Alabama
Had 5 over the years. Currently have a '06 Fleetwood Discovery 39L
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