We have been having some really nice weather the last few days and I think spring has come to Louisiana as some of the trees that were looking dead have started to leaf out. So off we go to the other side of Lake Pontchartrain.
As we drove through town on our way to the Causeway, I managed to snap a picture of one of those "Shotgun Houses", that used to dominate the 9th ward. They are narrow little houses that are very long reaching all the way back to the lane. The front and back doors are aligned, so they could get a breeze through the house in the hot Louisiana summers. They called them shotgun houses because they used to say you could shoot in the front door and out the back and not hit anything.
As we got onto the Causeway New Orleans is fading into the background.
And you can't even see the other side.
They have markers every mile as you cross and seven turnarounds.
Finally the other side comes into view.
At the 24 mile marker we finally approach the end of the Causeway.
This side of the Lake seems much more jungle like. Very different.
We have a very nice campsite.
And we even had a campfire tonight. We will go out and do some sight seeing tomorrow.
