Canoeing in 'gator country, south of New Orleans on the bayou...yeah

Paddling away, Jean Lafitte National Historic Park and Preserve, New Orleans

The 'bayou...

Wildflower, south of New Orleans

Incoming gator...coming to see what all the commotion is hey Angela

Plantation Home, Louisiana

Slave quarters, plantation in southern Louisiana

Plantation Home, manged by the Lousiana State Park service

Elaborate gardens, plantation home, southern Louisiana

Vicksburg Battlefield, Mississippi

Emplacements, Vicksburg Battlefield, Mississippi

Union State of Illinois memorial, Vicksburg

Vicksburg historical battlefield, Union monument to General Ulysees S Grant

USS Cairo - a civil war river gunboat of the Union Navy, raised from the Mississippi River and restored

Armour cladding and detail, USS Cairo

New Orleans Jazzfest 2005

Mardis Gras Indians, New Orleans Jazzfest 2005

Taking 5 minutes, New Orleans Jazzfest 2005

One of the many music tents at the New Orleans Jazzfest 2005

Mardis Gras parade, New Orleans Jazzfest 2005

One of the performers in the Mardis Gras parade, New Orleans Jazzfest 2005

Troublemaking Aussie tourists in some random New Orleans bar