Shreveport LA to New Orleans LA – We took off from Shreveport early in the morning and headed towards New Orleans. The ride is mostly the through the plush green forest and swamp lands. Since there was a lot of cloud cover the temperature wasn’t too hot.
We arrived in NOLA approximately 3pm just in time to beat the crazy holiday traffic through Baton Rouge. The normal commuter traffic is bad but with the 4th of July holiday the roads are even more congested. The bridge photo below was taken in Baton Rouge LA.
We made it to New Orleans!!! I gotta say it’s seems unreal for us to have ridden this far and into a town we both love. For the next couple of days we are staying at the Hampton Inn located on St. Charles Street. This street is historical with all the beautiful mansions and still running cable car services. Thank you Mal, Mal for doing the research for us!
We let Mallory and Patrick know we arrived at the hotel. Lorraine had been texting Mal while riding on back of the Goldwing so she knew our whereabouts. After a quick check-in and clean up the kids came over and picked us up so we could check out their home. M/P backyard photo shot 🙂
One thing I have learned about the weather here in the Southern states is you can hear thunder, see lightning but that does not always mean you’ll have rain. That’s a way different from the weather back in Northern California. Also, the rain seems to come during the afternoon hours and does not last long. The photo below was taken from M/P backyard.
This was a major part of our journey to spend time in Mal and Patricks home. To first hand see the beautiful home they had created together. It’s another validation that New Orleans is where both of them belong. The decorations and thought they put into their place showed the pride of two young people in love at a city with so much history and romance.
It was most fitting that Patrick asked me for the my daughters hand in marriage right in his own backyard. I’ll admit this took me off guard even though the possibility was always there. I had always known that this would some day come and wasn’t certain how I would react. I can honestly say that I can give my blessing 100%. I consider myself attuned and being able to judge another mans character, especially when it comes to his intent. From day one Patrick has shown me he cares and loves Mallory the way she loves him. It is the reason from this day on I will consider him part of my family and treat him as a son.
After the great news we went to Frenchmen street to celebrate the great news and listened to the Treme jazz band. Yup, I had a shot of Jack Daniel’s.
