Day Seven: Leaving New Orleans to Knoxville, TN

Number of Pictures Taken: 52 (we're getting tired ;)
Quote of the Day: "Is this like 'Georgia, Alabama', or like GEORGIA??" - Mom to Dad when we passed the "Welcome to Georgia" sign...Dad's response: "I...don't...really...know..." (we eventually figured out that the road we were on cut thru the corner of Georgia before we hit Tennessee...we weren't lost :)

This morning we checked out of the Holiday Inn Express, which has served as "home" these last few days, and took a few last notable pictures before leaving New Orleans.

We would like to show you our favorite New Orleans novelty...

Yes, ladies and gents, it is a DRIVE-THRU Daiquiris...and they wonder why they have problems with drunk driving (New Orleans: a city made by drunks for drunks :)

Before leaving the city, we went to explore the D-Day Museum downtown.

They had a special "Hollywood & WWII" exhibit...we enjoyed the red carpet.




We ate lunch at PJ's coffee before hitting the road back home...


(note the poster on the wall...it was quite inspiring)






Jenna saying farewell to the tall buildings that make her so happy...


Closed sidewalks were kind of a theme downtown...they don't all have these nice signs to warn you though :)







The museum was really good. We only had three hours, but we made it through everything. There were lots of pictures. Some made you want to laugh, and some made you want to cry. War is not an easy thing, even when its on the walls of a museum.

So we're on our way back home...8 more hours tomorrow.
We started listening to the audio book "To Kill a Mockingbird"...all of us kids have read it before, but the parents don't remember reading it (perhaps they did in school, several geological ages ago...:) It is good to hear it again. It helps make the hours go by a little faster.

And now, for a few short hours, we are in another Holiday Inn Express.
Tomorrow we will be home in our own beds again. What a wonderful thought :)

We love you all.
Goodnight.
-Linz