2022-02-24_to_2022-03-02 LA,Lafayette Mardi-Gras and tours

I rode on a Kelly Tours motorcoach bus with a tour-group called Seniors-On-the-Go. Using google-maps, the trip is about 8.5 hours.

Note: We had a WONDERFUL time and there are MANY pictures. Hope that you enjoy them. (It is best to view pictures using a desktop because the monitor is larger.) First, I will post the timed itinerary. Then, I will post a LOT of pictures. The pictures are in day-order to our timed itinerary.

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• Fri. 11:00 depart church and travel, rest break in route at state line
• 12:30 travel to Priesters for pecan samples and tasting
• 4:00 arrive at hotel, stay in Gulfport,MS

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• Sat. 7:00 breakfast at hotel
• 8:30 depart hotel
• 11:30 lunch downtown
• 12:45-1:30 Alexandre Mouton House - Lafayette
• 1:45-2:30 St. John's Cathedral Cemetery and 500 year old oak tree
• 3:30 check into hotel
• 4:45 depart for downtown Lafayette, dinner at 5:30 followed by Bonaparte Parade
• 9:00 approx. return to hotel

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_2022-02-26_LALafayette_Cathedral-of-St-John-the-Evangelist_front

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• Sun. 7:00 breakfast at hotel
• 8:00 depart for Martin's Accordians family performance
• 11:30-1:30 Myrtles Plantation Brunch and house tour
• 3:30-4:00 Rouse's grocery market for shopping
• 4:15-4:45 Daiquiri Supreme
• 5:15 return to hotel
• 6:15 depart for dinner at Bon Temp Restaurant
• 9:00 approx. return to hotel

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_2022-02-27_LAScott,2143WWillowSt_MartinAccordians_group

_2022-02-27_LAScott,2143WWillowSt_MartinAccordians_JoelMartin-playing

_2022-02-27_LAStFrancisville,7747US-61-MyrtlePlantation_Buffet-Servers

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_2022-02-27_LAStFrancisville,7747US-61-MyrtlePlantation_House-Owner-Picture-Tour

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• Mon. 7:00 breakfast at hotel
• 8:00 depart hotel for tour of Conrad Rice Mill and store
• 9:45 tour Shadows on the Teche Mansion in New Iberia
• 10:45 tour Cane River Pecan Store
• 11:30 lunch at Church Alley Cafe
• 1:00-4:00 tour Avery Island, Jungle Gardens, and Tabasco Museum
• 5:00 in downtown Layfayette, Grouse Room for dinner
• 6:00 The Queen Evangeline Parade
• 9:00 approx. return to hotel

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_2022-02-28_LAAveryIsland,32WisteriaRd_TobascoFactoryTour-Barrel-Warehouse

_2022-02-28_LAAveryIsland,32WisteriaRd_TobascoFactoryTour-BottlingLines

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_2022-02-28_LALafayette,417JeffersonSt_GrouseRoom_buffet

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_2022-02-28_LALafayette,ECongressSt,,MardiGrasParade_KB,JH

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_2022-02-28_LANewIberia,302AnnSt_KonrikoCoRiceMill_KellyTourBus-and-Group

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_2022-02-28_LANewIberia,302AnnSt_KonrikoCoStore_RiceMillTour

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_2022-02-28_LANewIberia,317EMainSt,ShadowsOnTheTeche_Bayou-Teche

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• Tue. 7:00 breakfast at hotel
• 12:00 depart Layfayette; box lunches in route to Houmas House
• 2:00 arrive for timed tour, river museum and garden
• 4:45 dinner at Houmas House Museum and Cafe
• 5:45 depart for Hammond for overnight

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