The Bayou Barn

So after we got all undisgustified at the hotel, we were treated to a tour of the city. We learned all about New Orleans. We went to a cemetery and saw above ground graves, we saw the Levees, we saw a lot of cool things. We also heard a lot of great stories about the Big Easy, make sure to ask your kids about them when they get home.

Here's one of the graves:

After the tour we went to the Bayou Barn. When we first saw it, we were all a little skeptical because it wasn't exactly the Ritz but we got inside and everybody had a great time. They had a real crawfish boil. I've had crawfish before but I bet a lot of kids have never had them before. A few kids were grossed out by them, Kayla especially, but for the most part, we enjoyed them. We got to listen to some really good music and danced a lot. Even some of the teachers got in on the action. Pictures of that will come tomorrow, I promise. It's really late, an hour past bed check (shhhh don't tell the chaperones) so I really should be getting to bed. Its going to be a busy day tomorrow, we're going to Lusher and then walking around the French Quarter and then going on the riverboat. Very exciting things.

I really enjoyed today. I wasn't sure what the rebuild was going to bring but even after my little "incident" I had a great time and we all felt so accomplished that we helped somebody. I'm glad we got to see the city. We learned so much and got to see this great city. Roland, our tour guide, was really knowledgeable and told us such great stories about New Orleans. We really didn't know what the Bayou Barn was going to bring either and yet we all had a great time with great food and great friends. This trip just keeps suprising us and it's getting more awesome as the week progresses. We're probably going to be sore and tired tomorrow but it's been worth it.

Make sure you check out the wgrz story on us:

http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=56981