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Golden Joan D'Arc

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 18:47:37 MDT

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statue on Decatur St. French Quarter, New Orleans.

Steamboat Natchez

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 18:47:36 MDT

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they played the calliope nonstop while we were waiting in line to get on. Whether they hate tourists, or don't want anyone to converse, people were overjoyed when we left the dock and it stopped (personally I liked it)

Steve and Jeanne with the Steamboat Natchez

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that's our steamboat!

Steamboat

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another one passed the larger Natchez we we're on. Each hailed the other with an earsplitting blast from the whistle.

Shore along the Mississippi

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 18:47:34 MDT

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Bridge

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this bridge is crossing the Mississippi, even though this picture is taken on the same river. Confused? the river makes one of its sharpest turns right next to the French Quarter

Broken Dock

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destruction still from Katrina

Shipyard

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on the Mississippi

New Orleans from the Mississippi

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On a Riverboat

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in the Mississippi River.

Old Powerplant

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Ooh creepy.

Riverboat Paddle

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of the Natchez Riverboat.

Rainstorm in New Orleans

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:49 MDT

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when it rains... it pours.

Rained New Orleans

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French Quarter

Hotel lobby

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of the Le Richelieu Hotel, 1234 Chartres St. French Quarter New Orleans,

Abandoned Theme Park

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:47 MDT

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Ooh, creepier.

Vegetation

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of the South

New Orleans

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New Orleans highway

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View from the car.

Louisiana Highway

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Clouds

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Now entering Mississippi! My new 4th favourite state! (they bribed with me with free popcorn at the tourist center...)

Mississippi

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Rural(ish) Mississippi. Spell that 5 times!

Beloxi Schoon

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of Beloxi, Mississippi, in the Gulf of Mexico (almost)

Mississippi

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em-eye-essess-eye-essess-eye-peepee-eye! (I can't spell it any other way)

The Gulf's Coast

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:41 MDT

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Open(ish) Water

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Untouched Gulf Island

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buried treasure! (maybe)

The French Quarter

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:39 MDT

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of New Orleans, LA (Nouvelle Orleans!

Mardi Gras Masks

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:39 MDT

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I probably shouldn't have taken this picture... but they're so cool!

'Gator head

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:38 MDT

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its real... *shudder*

Bourbon Street

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New Orleans

French Quarter at night

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Mardi Gras Costumes

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at the Zulu exhibit at the Presbytere in New Orleans.

Pirates Alley

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:36 MDT

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Ghosts warp my picture (Or my camera did, one or the other)

Pirates Alley

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:35 MDT

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I thought it looked more awesome without the No Parking sign

Wrougth Iron Fence

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:34 MDT

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Ok, so this was supposed ot show the shadow of a really creepy statue up against the back of the Cathedral/church, but it didn't show up. It was creepy though

Mardi Gras Costumes

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Mardi Gras Costume

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Mardi Gras Costume

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cool!

St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:31 MDT

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Jackson square

St. Louis Cathedral

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New Orleans.

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French Quarter

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N. O.

Andrew Jackson Statue

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in aptly named Jackson Square

The Old Ursalines Convent

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:28 MDT

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New Orleans

Jeanne in the Convent

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:28 MDT

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so to speak. (Ursalines Convent)

Convent Chapel

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:27 MDT

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in the Ursaline convent

Chapel Alter

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:26 MDT

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in the convent

Stained G

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in the Chapel of the Ursaline Convent, New Orleans

Garden District

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:25 MDT

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house in the Garden District of New Orleans

Garden district house

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Garden District

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Garden District House

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:23 MDT

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I swear this looks just like the Disneyland Haunted Mansion!

Garden District house

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Antebellum House

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Garden District

Antebellum (Greek Revival)

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:21 MDT

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house, Garden District

Garden District House

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these houses are amazingly cool.

Haunted New Orleans

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:20 MDT

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This hotel is supposedly haunted by little boys, as it used to be a boys school. (See any ghosts in this picture I missed?)

The View from Le Richelieu

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:27:20 MDT

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hotel, New Orleans

New orleans Cemetary

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:38 MDT

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New Orleans Cemetary

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New Orleans Cemetar

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:37 MDT

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its so amazginly weird walking through rows and rows of these little white stone houses containing the deceased. While I was wandering, a rainstorm was rumbling eerily in the distance... who says Hollywood is all fake?

Mausoleum

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:37 MDT

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front of the mausoleum containing my grandfather (and a lot of other people)

Endless Cemetary...

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:36 MDT

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Eerie.

Flowers on a grave

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:35 MDT

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Flowers on a Grave

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grave/mausoleum... I don't know what these are called

Mausoleum List

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:34 MDT

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All these people are in one grave about the size of a closet... can you imagine

Gravestone List

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:33 MDT

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on a Mausoleum. My grandfather is Eugene Smith... I hope its comfortable in there...

Rain on a Cemetary

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:32 MDT

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or rain on a camera taking a picture of a cemetary..

Oak Alley

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:32 MDT

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the "Oak alley" of Oak Alley Plantation Home, antebellum plantation home

Oak Alley at night

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:31 MDT

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I know these are hard to see, but its the front of the plantation around midnight.

Plantation at Midnight

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:30 MDT

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soo creepy

Oak Alley at Midnight

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see any ghosts? Its supposed to be haunted (Ghost Hunters even did an investigation there)

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Oak Alley Plantation at Night

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Laura Plantation Home

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near Oak Alley

Midnight Oak Alley

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:27 MDT

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My camera is incapable of capturing the atmosphere of eerie-ness

Steve at Laura Plantation

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in Vacherie, LA

Laura Plantation

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Antebellum home

Storm on the Bayou

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:24 MDT

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Alright, well its really Storm on the Atchafalaya Basin (pronounced "ah-CHA-fah-ly-ah")

Rain on the Atchafalaya

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Basin, at McGee's Landing tent cabins

McGee's Landing Dock

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:23 MDT

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Trees in a Bayou

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in the Atchafalaya Basin

Alligator Head

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thats a REAL 'gator head

McGee's Landing

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:21 MDT

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on the Atchafalaya Basin

Clouds over th Bayou

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they have the greatest clouds in the south, really.

Optical Illusion Tunnel

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:20 MDT

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the tunnel made by the bridge posts for the bridge of the highway going over the basin... I think its the second longest bridge in the US

Bayou Reflections

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:20 MDT

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Bayou Tour Boat

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the tour guide was really cool (he was a real cajun who'd grown up on the basin) and he let me steer the boat a little (don't worry it was open waters)

I'm on a boat...

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:18 MDT

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I sense the driver was thinking "why is she posing for a picture?? looking the opposite direction! She supposed to be driving my boat!

Cloudy Bayou

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:18 MDT

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right out of a hallmark movie

Bayou

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Shack on the Bayou

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like straight out of Pirates of the Caribbean! But its really there!

Cajun Band

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:14 MDT

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in Vermillion Town.

Old House

colbertsparrow — Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:24:14 MDT

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in Vermillion Town, a collection of old buildings put in one area like an outdoor musuem, LA.

Early 1800's

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in Vermillion Town.

Tree

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Swamp

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Spanish Moss

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Louisiana!