{"id":262,"date":"2017-01-15T19:05:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T03:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/?p=262"},"modified":"2017-01-15T21:38:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T05:38:01","slug":"melisa-and-i-took-a-trip-around-the-country-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/15\/melisa-and-i-took-a-trip-around-the-country-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Melisa and I took a trip around the country last year."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a grand time.\u00a0 We saw her parents in Washington, my parents in Georgia, and my son, his wife and my grandson in Alabama.\u00a0 We took quite a few pictures so they will be showing up here from time to time.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a bird picture Melisa took in Georgia.\u00a0 I think it&#8217;s a thrush.\u00a0 What do you think?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-265\" style=\"width: 721px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/15\/melisa-and-i-took-a-trip-around-the-country-last-year\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-265 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Thrush.jpg\" width=\"721\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Thrush.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Thrush-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Thrush-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Melisa Lehman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the way back we stopped in New Orleans.\u00a0 I told the lady on my phone to find me a cheap hotel in the French Quarter.\u00a0 She came back with one for<!--more--> $79 a night.\u00a0 It looked perfect, two or three blocks from Jackson Square and a block from Bourbon Street.\u00a0 I booked it immediately.\u00a0 As I pushed the button to confirm I realized they were saying I could get a balcony for $125.\u00a0 I immediately cancelled that one and reserved the balcony room.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a Picture I took from our third floor balcony.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_0289-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_0289-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_0289-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_0289-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_0289-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next morning we were sitting on the balcony drinking coffee (or something) and a tour guide came by with a group of people and pointed at our hotel and said that it was the former House of the Rising Son.\u00a0 I got out my guitar and played House of the Rising Son on the third floor balcony of the House of the Rising son.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a panoramic on the waterfront with my phone.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-274\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NOEveningpano.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-274 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NOEveningpano-1024x131.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NOEveningpano-1024x131.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NOEveningpano-150x19.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NOEveningpano-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/NOEveningpano-768x98.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click image for larger view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We ate three pounds of crawfish at the Market Street Cafe.\u00a0 It was a wonderful time!<\/p>\n<p>Melisa took this picture of me.\u00a0 She loves it.\u00a0 I hate pictures of me&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-279\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-279 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/nome-1024x684.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/nome-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/nome-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/nome-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/nome-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Melisa Lehman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a grand time.\u00a0 We saw her parents in Washington, my parents in Georgia, and my son, his wife and my grandson in Alabama.\u00a0 We took quite a few pictures so they will be showing up here from time to time.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a bird picture Melisa took in Georgia.\u00a0 I think it&#8217;s a thrush.\u00a0 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gusosborne.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/15\/melisa-and-i-took-a-trip-around-the-country-last-year\/\" 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