Well, we didn't quite make it to New Orleans for the Jazz Fest. Shortly after departing we received word of a family emergency, and had to return home. So, that was the end of the journey to New Orleans back in April. We have planned another trip for the beginning of August, over Labor Day weekend in fact.

The weather in the New Orleans area will be nice and sultry, but by early September the humidity should be about to break a bit. It will also be Southern Decadence weekend in New Orleans. Quite a sight ... we were there during it several years ago. Kind of like Mardi Gras on acid.

Before this big trip in September, there will be a few short journeys back in the West, which I will report on as they happen.