The floats here at Mardi Gras seem to be so much more colorful and decorative than most parades. |
We wandered down to Bourbon Street and found many people in costume. |
And of course we had to stop and get a hurricane at Pat O'Briens. |
You really never know what you will see on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras... |
Monday we took the day off from Mardi Gras and took a bike ride on the Tammany Trace from the park to Abita Springs. |
At Abita Springs is a statue showing an Indian maiden taking the healing waters of the spring. |
On Fat Tuesday we again headed to downtown New Orleans for the parades. Nancy and I joined the festivities by getting dressed up. Maybe not as crazy as lots of the costumes we saw, but we had fun. |
My intent was to get to town for the Krewe of Rex, which have the King and Queen of Mardi Gras. But we got there in time to see most of the Krewe of Zulu. |
I think I enjoyed the floats in the Zulu parade better than the other parades I saw. They also threw the best beads and gifts. |
I'm not even going to try and post all the pictures of unusual costumes, there were way too many. I'm really glad I made it to this Mardi Gras. It has been a lot of fun. |
One of the floats from the Krewe of Rex. |
Another from the Rex parade. |
It was crowded again on Bourbon Street and the parades were still going on too. And more people were in costume today than on Sunday. |
1 comment:
Read back until b4 xmas, you have been having a great time!! love the pictures. Good on u for getting to go to Mardi Gras!!!
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