The end, final day in New Orleans

The mighty Mississippi River, New Orleans is the mouth of the river delta, so it is pretty wide here, although even here one sees how low the river is.

Looking across to Algiers Point. I am happy to see the ferry on the other side, we saw it arrive on this side with people disembarking. That was a favorite day for me 7 years ago when we took that ferry. So much better and cheaper than the expensive tourist boats.

A fence and gate that closes off an unused jetty. I say unused because look how encrusted the fence is with locks. You can understand why cities don’t want them. if you look at the upper right side you can see how it is dragging down the gate.

Morning view from my hotel room, up on the 11th floor. Facing east and seeing the sun rise, quite beautiful.

Here is a few moments later, that ball of fire is getting bigger. Notice how bright the sky is even before the sun rises.

Murals, I love murals.

The backside of an old factory building in the warehouse district. Looks like an office building now. I miss the fact that every building was entitled to have beautiful decorations back in the day.

More building decoration. And seeing that this is the hot humid south. (luckily not in October!) see how life, in the form of some kind of plant is breaking through and growing wherever it gets a root-hold.

Here we see the back of a building where all that greenery is planned and cared for.

Not sure what this business is – they do have a good sense of humor.

Walking the French Quarter, so obligatory pictures. It felt dirty, the sidewalks messier, less musicians around. The response to Covid did a huge number on all of us – only Sweden came out ok.

Love these three thoughtful guys up there. Wonder how many people actually see them?

Halloween decoration? Or is he there year round. The beads certainly are.

At least here it looks like they update the beads every year. They aren’t all washed out.

Here is where we stayed 7 years ago – the Cornstalk Fence hotel. Actually a Bed and Breakfast and unfortunately – it didn’t survive the lockdowns. Who knows what it will become.