New Orleans, Louisiana

One of the strangest drives on this trips came from a complete mistake. after a couple hours after Elaina's driving shift we decided to check out where we were on a map. We must of been completely distracted with talking, because we were in Georgia when we were supposed to be heading west toward New Orleans instead of north. To get us back on track we had to take these small Georgia backroads. On the drive we came across this abandoned mansion in the middle of no where. We slammed on the brakes and got out of the car to see it better. Yet we didn't get to close, because we didn't want to trespass in a place where we didn't know anything about. Back on the road we came across a cotton plantation. It went on for miles! Nothing we've ever seen before - just read about in textbooks. Also drove by rusted abandoned school busses that were being eaten by the brush around them.  It was amazing to see something so different from main highways.  We would of never of been given the chance to have seen any of it without being on this random Georgia road. Getting lost was a blessing in disguise. 

We finally got to the hostel at 2:30 AM which was much later than we expected. We slept in pretty late and then went into downtown New Orleans! We walked through the French Market and there was so much amazing art from the local artists. Every building in the city was so unique with the architecture and colors. We went to the classic tourist  spot, Cafe De Monde to get their coffee and famous beignets. We now understand why it's so famous... Basically licked our plate clean. Once it got dark we started walking around Bourbon Street. Luckily there was 18 and over bars and we got our dancing on. There was so much live music that ranged from jazz to country to classic favorites of all time. We danced all night long-even got shout outs from the band! We never wanted to leave Bourbon street but there's only so long that our feet can handle dancing in heals (Not experienced heal wear-ers). So we got a cab back to the hostel at around 2am. Woke up nice and early for our long drive for the one and only big ol' Texas.