Well that was quite a trip indeed. We left Houston for New Orleans around 3:00pm on Friday. We got there around 9:30. The hotel was very swanky. We hit the bars on Bourbon street around 10:30 and found that it was quite crowded despite the impending doom of the hurricane. We did our fair share of drinking and listening to Bon Jovi cover bands. If the person who took pictures emails them to me I will post them up here.
Anyway, on Saturday, the town was really starting to get deserted. All tourists were "encouraged" to evacuate as soon as possible. So we hit the casino. The place was completely dead. No one playing slots, table games or anything. It was pretty disappointing, but we did get to eat at the buffet. We were literally walking around the casino with hundred dollar bills in our hands asking them to open up tables. We were told that not only will they not open up tables, the casino would close at noon. So we went out drinking again. Most of the bars were closed and boarded up. We were still able to hit up Pat O'Briens and get a hurricane, which was delicious.
The hotel left a note on our door that they would be closing at 10am on Sunday. We decided that it would be best to leave around 11pm-midnight to hopefully avoid other refugees. The plan worked well. It only took us roughly 9.5 hours to get back to Houston. By this time, I had been awake for nearly 36 hours. All I need to know now is where I have to go to pick up my FEMA credit card.....
