The Jazz and People Triumphantly Return! New Orleans March 2021

You already know 2020 was ridiculous. If you read my previous post about New Orleans, you know that in July 2020 it was depressingly empty. There weren’t any bands busking in the French Quarter. There weren’t any tourists there to support them anyway. There was ONE group playing outside Cafe du Monde, but that was it. It was definitely strange. Veterans of the July 2020 story already know about the otters (side note, that would… Read the entire post here!

New Orleans Ghost Town/Otter Swim, July 2020

I’m not going to spend a lot of time dwelling on the absolute shit-show 2020 turned into. You already know, you were there. Suffice it to say, both opportunities for a Rave Hajj were thwarted, leaving a lot of mixed feelings (mostly “dammit” types of feelings). A vacation was called for, no matter what. Can’t travel internationally, so that rules out a lot of new adventures. But then I found out about Barn Hill Preserve… Read the entire post here!