ROAD TRIP! Virginia to Florida and back with a New Orleans trip in there: New Orleans here we come!

Got up and headed out early this morning. When I checked out the manager asked how our stay was and I nicely told him of the issues we had and headed on our way. We shortly thereafter got a phone call saying he had changed our rate and given us a $20 credit because "I was so nice about everything". It's all about how you handle the problems folks... good manager.

We saw much more interesting stuff today on our ride. We spent the whole day yesterday in Florida, today we finished Florida and also went thru Alabama and Mississippi on the way to Louisiana.

At a rest stop in Florida we saw a Blue Angel

Soon after we realized we were close to Bagdad so it was a good thing :)

We arrived finally at our destination - the Drury Inns and Suites on Poydras St. The GPS didn't really help much..... we had to kinda figure it out but we made it. Got checked in and WOW - we got a suite and it is AMAZING! A huge 2 room suite which is as large as an apartment! Then we headed out to explore the French Quarter. We wandered and wandered and finally found Pat O'Brien's where we had some food and of course the obligatory hurricane! It was only kinda gross - not being a fan of fruity rum drinks we finished it but won't be going back for another!