New Orleans, LA

Well, kinda. Was in and out of there. Didn't do anything.

Driving through downtown was congested. The southeast neighborhood across the Mississippi River was kinda ghetto. I parked behind a dentistry in Algiers on Sunday. A short hedge separated me from a drive through ATM and every car that came through blasted loud rap music with aftermarket woofers.

The northeast area showed signs of weather damage, closed down businesses, empty lots and poorly paved roads. I guess when the local government doesn't have enough money for hurricane relief, they're not gonna have money to fill potholes.

A little fan heater in my car served both duties. It's sunny hot 80 degrees F before noon, then pouring humid rain for a few afternoon hours. Some tornado warning winds come and go. Late into dawn my toes get chilly. I can't handle this kind of ambiguity. November is crisp and cool, New England protests.

Food options were plentiful. Couple of places had $6 all you can eat lunch. Hot Wok in Chalmette served tasty salt pepper crab legs.

The bridge out of Orleans was incredible. World's longest bridge over water. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. 23.8 miles.

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

Imagine after nuclear winter having to run across it frozen to get help. Looting the little comm towers for potions.

Driving was so boring though. Like a cartoon hallway repeating. I felt a part of my brain wanting to snap and roll my car over the side to escape the monotony.

15 miles from land, into the water. Be so screwed.

Toll free going northbound. There's turnaround connector between the two sides every five miles or so. In case you drove onto it by accident and don't want to do a marathon to get back. Or you drove there to see the bridge and want to turn around before paying a southbound toll of $5. Makes the Verazzano-Narrows bridge in NYC look like greedy midget demanding $20.

The bridge I took into New Orleans was nice but less epic. A mere five mile arc. Pictures of bridges are so boring, aren't they? In person the views are great but cameras can't really capture it.

i-10 Twin Span Bridge

Gas is cheap down here, yo.
Nobody beats our prices.

Walmart's got body detection software now.
It highlights in yellow the parts of the screen that move.
The trick is to stay still and it won't notice you.
So if you're gonna steal that big screen TV, walk very very slowly.