Almost there

We left New Orleans for the final leg today. The road started out really busy with trucks and then it got calm and peaceful through some wetland areas. Most of the last day into NOLA and the start today we were seeing huge refineries and shipping terminals mixed in with beautiful Plantation homes. 

Lately it has been mostly fishing industry. 

And we finally saw a real alligator!!! We passed within inches of it's mouth as it was sunning right by the side of the road. By the time it registered we had passed it. We thought it must be dead since it hadn't moved but we decided to walk back and take a picture anyway. As we approached it got scared and took off for the marsh. It moved so fast we could hardly believe it. Now we are looking more carefully as we ride but we've only seen one squished one since then. 

After we took the ferry across the Mississippi this morning we entered into area that is mostly water. A lot of it is really part of the bay and we have been seeing sea birds. We hope to see a brown pelican. 

We've also seen a lot of trailers. Katrina hit here hard and FEMA came in with their trailers. Most of what is what they left. We had lunch in a trailer restaurant and are staying in a trailer hotel tonight.