There is a parade for everything in New Orleans. We missed Mardi Gras by about a week, but I guess they always find a reason to parade down the street, throwing beads, being silly, and having a good time. We spent a good part of our first day in Gretna (across the river but only about 5 minutes to downtown NOLA). One of Will's work associates has become our New Orleans friends, they have two children also so we are always able to find things to do with them. They live in Gretna so that's where we headed for Puppy Gras, that's right a parade to benefit rescue dogs rolled right in front of their house. It was definitely not the biggest parade I've been to but we had a great time. The boys got LOTS of beads, balls, and stuffed animals that actually became the toys for the week in the hotel room.
After the parade we jumped on the ferry that let us off right in front of the aquarium (more to come on the aquarium).
this is our very poor attempt a family shot in front of the New Orleans skyline...Trey was watching the river, Robb fell asleep about 5 minutes after this picture was taken
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