WE MADE IT TO NEW ORLEANS.

We made it to New Orleans today. We turned out of the Mississippi river into the Inner Harbor Canal. We had to go through a lock, one draw bridge and two lift Bridges. We then turned out of the canal onto the Intracoastal waterway. We then left the Intracoastal and turned into a bayou and after getting stuck in the mud ( and pulled out by a fisherman) finally made it to Gulf Outlet Marina.

                                                  The drawbridge we went through.

                                            Welcome to New Orleans.

                                               Cancer corridor along the Mississippi.

                                               Cool old building.

                                          Lift bridge number two.

The bayou we went through to the marina.

We were very aprehensive about the last leg of our journey on the Mississippi (from Baton Rouge to New Orleans), but it was actually not that bad. Today was very anticlimactic. We went through downtown New Orleans and passed only 10 barges and 4 ships the whole day. That may sound scary, but the river is so wide down here, it was not a problem at all. I have to say that most everything we were told about the Mississippi was grossly exaggerated, other than the lack of services. We had a good time of the trip, but as with any 30 day journey we were glad for it to come to an end so we could start the next phase of our journey. We will be here in New Orleans for a couple of days before heading on to Florida.