We are at Fontainebleau state park, which is located in Mandeville, just across lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans. (Fun fact: lake Pontchartrain is a saltwater lake – though classified as a lake, it is technically an estuary that connects to the Gulf of Mexico). We were going to drive into New Orleans, mostly to get… Continue reading In Louisiana, must have beignets!
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Coastal Mississippi – What?
Following up on the Alabama shoreline, today we visited the Mississippi coastline… We all recall hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the news reports had mostly focused on its impact on New Orleans. But according to this article https://www.gulfcoast.org/plan/secret-facts/, “On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina brought a 28-foot storm surge to the shores of Coastal Mississippi, devastating… Continue reading Coastal Mississippi – What?
Seminole Canyon State Park
Claudette likes petroglyphs, and she got them! We joined a guided tour of the petroglyphs in Seminole Canyon where the park is located (public access is blocked due to prior incidents of damage to the petroglyphs done by visitors) These are fairly large and multi-colored, so there is no doubt that these were made by… Continue reading Seminole Canyon State Park