Easter

We were invited to a crawfish boil here at the campground for Easter dinner.  They had 3 big bags of live crawfish.  This is one bag full in a tub where they rinse them off.

 

Then they take a big pot of water and add a lot of seasoning and bring it to a boil.  They added potatos, celery, asparagus, and some onions and let it boil some more.  Then they added the crawdads and let them cook about 5 min.

 

Next, they turn off the burner and let them soak for awhile to soak up the seasoning.

 



 

 Now it's ready to eat.  Yum!

Audubon Zoo

On Thursday, we got up early and headed to the zoo.  It is located a few miles east of the French Quarter and has plenty of parking.  It is a nice zoo, but not as large as the Omaha one.

 

 Every zoo needs a bear.

 

 

They had some pretty flowers here and there.

 

 

 Most of the logs in the ponds were covered with turtles.

 

 We really loved this live oak covered in moss.

 

Another long day that wore us out, so we are taking today off.

Insectarium

We decided earlier this week to stay at New Orleans for another week in order to see a few more things and also have some stay at home and rest days.  Yes, retirement really wears you out after a few days!  So we will be leaving here next Wednesday and going to Layfayette, LA. for at least a week.  The campground owners here have invited us to a crawdad boil Sunday noon.  That will be a new kind of Easter dinner for us.  Hope you all have a happy Easter.  On Wednesday we went to the insectarium.  Now off the the insectarium and butterfly garden.  We expected this to be a small place and not take much time, but we spent most of the day there because it was so interesting.

 

 Why is Grandma smiling?  Doesn't she see the giant bug about to bite her?

 

These are leaf cutter ants carrying pieces of leaves back to their nest.

 



 

 There were cases and cases of interesting bug and butterflies to look at.

 

 Now there is a bee coming after Grandma!

 

 Not sure why they had alligators there.

 

 Interesting camoflage patterns, the wing tips look like snakes.

 

 And this looks like eyes from a larger animal.

 

 Look closely at the face, do you recognize this bug?

 

 Grandma got to pet a cockroach!

 

 This blue one landed on the back of Grandma's shirt, I think it liked the color.

 

 Looks different folded up, doesn't it?

 

 Mom took this one.

 

 Peace and love until next time!