Craig & Day's 2007 Travels in IRV |
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 Day navigated us around Pensacola, this time with no problems and we took a scenic tour through Alabama via the back roads -- Florida Rte. 293 and US Hwy 98. Realizing that we wouldn't want to camp in the French Quarter, we found a Naval Support Facility (base) on the other side of the river from New Orleans that had RV sites. After getting lost once again in Algiers, we found the navy base and set up camp. After visiting the commissary to replenish food supplies and checking out the Exchange, we called a cab to take us to the free ferry, which would take us across the mighty Mississippi to New Orleans. While walking to the main gate (cabs can't come on base), we get a call from Corey and, being on a Navy base, Taps is sounded at sunset. Corey was put on hold while we stood at attention until the flag was lowered. The cab came right away, as did the ferry. Soon we were crossing the Mississippi for New Orleans and looking for a bathroom. No public restrooms on the ferry or the ferry docks; or anywhere in New Orleans that we could find. We kept walking until we found Cafe Du Monde. Craig ordered coffee and Beignets and Day made a beeline for the bathroom (only use these bathrooms when desperate -- Day thinks that they don't clean it on purpose). After a relaxing cup of coffee, we wandered up and down Bourbon Street looking for a place that Day remembered sold 25-cent oysters. No such luck, so we found a nice restaurant and had a dinner of jambalaya and gumbo, taking our time, not realizing what was going to happen later. We strolled back to the ferry terminal only to find it locked up tight - the ferry had closed for the night. Our options seemed to be swimming the mighty Mississippi or spending the night in the Vieux de Carré with the street people. Craig didn't like either option and hailed a cab to take us back to Algiers. With Day sputtering about what the price might be, they took off over the back roads, past the convention center, over the bridge and right to the main gate. The cost was less than $10 more than the cab from the main gate to the ferry.
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