This morning I looked up the information for Fort Pike National Historic Site. It was about 35 miles away, but we decided to go and tour the place.
You can always tell you are about to go over a waterway that takes sea going vessels, because the bridges are so high;
We arrived to find the place totally enclosed with frost fencing and "Closed"signs all over the place.
It turns out it was repaired after Katrina and re-opened but was closed again after damage from Huricane Gustav. It has been closed for over 2 years since it was last damaged and no one bothered to update their internet sites.
With Dan in the truck as lookout, I managed to sneek through an open gate and snap this picture but couldn't get any closer. Needless to say I was very angry, so when we got back to the trailer I sent a couple of very strongly worded emails to two US government departments.
Unfortunately it wasn't very satisfying.
Anyway I took some pictures of the development
out on that penninsula. It's just like what we saw on Galveston Island.
Lots more homes on stilts.
Notice the bridge? It looks like it is sideways. Well it is, it's a swing bridge. So far since arriving on Friday, we have been held up in traffic, from a car accident on the freeway (that took forever), two ferries, a lift bridge letting three boats through and now a swing bridge letting one boat through.
The traffic in this city is a nightmare, because it's full of so many waterways.
And these gorgeous homes are all built on private canals so they can park the huge boats right behind their houses. Even if I could afford those houses and those boats I still wouldn't live in this city. It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. 
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