Thanks to the Smithsonian Institute's free museum day, we had one of our busiest days yet. Its a good thing we have had so much practice as "speed tourists."
Our first stop was the Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie, LA. We got there bright at early and were the first visitors of the day. It was raining pretty hard but luckily we had our umbrellas. A very nice tour guide (senior at the local high school) gave us a tour of the planation house.
Although the house was nice, really the grounds were the best part. It was a beautiful place. The 200 year old oak trees were awesome and the best part...I caught a frog!!!!!! It was so cute. I tried to think of a way to take it home with me but I didn't think it would survive all day in my pocket.
Jenn finally got her Mardi Gas mask.
Our next stop was the National WWII museum in New Orleans. It was a great museum and really helped put in perspective the sacrifices made during the war. It focused mostly on D-day but had a holocaust exhibit a few other great exhibits (we didn't take any pictures though).
For our last stop, we walked down to Canal St. to the Audubon Insectarium. It was fun but mostly geared towards small children. I found myself wishing I was 3 ft tall. While we were there we both ate cinnamon crunch flavored grub worms... delicious. The only problem was that it was sort of gritty and I felt like it was stuck in my teeth the rest of the day! Yuck!!!!
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