I do want to make you feel comfortable, that's why I'd like to talk to you about religion.

When we last left, Kirby and Brad were exploring Bourbon Street on a Friday Night.

We headed out for a day of exploring New Orleans finer points. Our first stop was the Riverwalk for lunch with a view of the Mississippi River.(take that Rebecca Sealfon)

Brad assures me that contrary to the photo, he really did enjoy his meal. To find relief from the humidity and 93 degree heat, we hit up Harrah's Casino for their air conditioning and to prepare for Vegas. $30.00 and ten minutes later, we were ready to go. We walked down to visit the "World's Most Wonderous CVS." It reminded me alot of the "World's Most Magnificent McDonalds" in my hometown.




Also, there was the "World's Greatest Walgreens" and the "World's Fanciest IHOP."

When we headed out for the day, I told Brad that we needed to go check out a cemetary, so we headed down N Rampart St. and found St. Louis Cemetary No. 1. All of the bodies are buried above ground in vaults due to the water saturation in the ground.

This one reminds me of the video game Heavy Rain.

Brad sees dead people.

It's not in chronological order, but this was a huge cemetary on both sides of I 10 on the way out of town. I also wanted to see Congo Square. It's the place where they let the slaves congregate on Sundays. I'm tired from all the walking, so I sit down and let Brad try to figure out where it is. It looked like it was about to storm, so we move to find cover and randomly come across Armstrong Park, which used to be Congo Square. It's closed for renovations. Brad was unabled to locate it on his iphone because he was searching for Mungo Square. We stroll up to a French Market that has probably the most appetizing and cheapest food I've seen on the trip. Neither of us is tempted to eat because we are exhausted from walking and we already ate lunch. The Navy Dixieland Jazz Band was playing and there was some odd dancing going on.
It started to pour, so we found shelter in a mall where we made some new friends.


Also, we saw this one man band that we walked past and both agreed to go back and watch. He seemed really disorganized at first, but this might be my favorite part of the trip!!! Here's a link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PooxDRf2EBE

We went back to the hotel because I needed to rest from all the excitement and Eraser was on AMC. We headed out to find dinner and enjoy a Saturday night on Bourbon Street. While Arby's and IHOP were both serious options, we ended up going to Deja Vu Restaurant and Bar, not to be confused with the gentleman's club down the street. They have PBR on tap for $2.00 We head out and end up outside the same blues bar as the night before with the same band playing with the same awesome trumpet players(Dom Deluise and JJ Hickson) Also we notice their signage about restroom policy.

Some guy tries to sell us an 8ball (Drugs are bad!) and Brad discusses religion with a guy carring a giant cross.

"I bet that cross sure is heavy in this humidity."

"It's not that bad, It's actually made out of plastic."

Also there was a wedding parade that was really cool.

On the way home, Brad gets stopped by some woman trying to con us into playing the shell game using a newspaper and 20 oz Pepsi caps. Brad stops for a second and I go around her and one of her accomplices says "nice shoes big man. They'd look good on me." I keep walking and Brad follows. We decide to pick up a brown bag for the walk home and I go with a glass bottle just in case.

The next day, we get up to go to San Antonio. We search unsuccesfully for Blimpie. Both the GPS and the maps feature on iphone have lead us astray. We stopped for Waffle House. I made some poor choices with my food again. At a gas station in Texas, I picked up some Delicious Hairy Fatback.

We get to San Antonio and I pick to go to Bill Miller's BBQ. It ends up being some weird cafeteria that reminds me of a combination of OU's dining hall and the Roy Rogers in Eastgate. The food is subpar and served on styrafoam plates, but they have metal silverware.

At the end of the meal, we can't figure out what to do with our trash. Brad finds a tiny trash can and throws his stuff away and I go to do the same before someone tells me to leave it on the table. They said now you know for next time. I said thanks. Then we saw one of the top ten greatest street names.

E Rector

We can't finish an entry without BRAD'S HOOK-UP OF THE NIGHT! You might have thought he'd go with the crazy dancing hippie lady, but no he went with the cuddly Saint's Bear. It was outside a cookie store and smelled like cookies.

Tomorrow we are off to Schlitterbahn, one of the world's finest water parks.