The drive from Tallahassee to New Orleans was one straight highway the whole 6 hours. It was a good way to test how Rosa would go. We put some much needed air in the tires and off we went! Half way, we stopped for petrol and we realised we hadn't checked the oil!!! Despite the previous owner saying it had been recently serviced, it was bone dry! We bought some oil, and were able to remedy the situation at the truck stop before it became a problem! Phew!
We were lucky enough to stay with the amazing Tiff & Stu who have two Boxer fur babies Mardy & LB. They live very centrally in New Orleans so it was never far to wherever we went.
We were in New Orleans for 2 weeks, waiting for the updated title for the car. This gave us time to relax, order things online, and fix a few things on Rosa.
One main thing was the electric windows weren't working. This was problematic for the frequent tolls we were about to encounter in Mexico, if we were pulled over by the cops and it was just generally annoying!
Sol did some research, ordering of parts, and a few trips to the auto store later, we had reconditioned and correctly reinstalled the motors in all for doors. We are now safer and much less frustrated!
Other things that Sol fixed were, changed oil, car door switches, air filter and some other things. This made us feel like Rosa was more ours and we knew how the car worked.
Here is LB helping Sol research. We used the packing stuff from amazon deliveries as well as door stops to help the window stay up when the mechanism was being worked on.
Early on in our stay we visted Bourbon Street, and we were not so impressed. We expected jazz on every corner and in cool bars. The reality is pumping techno music, bachelor party style groups of people and buy one get one shots. This is only one street of the French quarter though. The rest is beautiful and there are a lot of Jazz buskers. We spoke to one saxophonist busker who told us, Frenchman Street is the place to be for Jazz. He was certainly right. If you go to New Orleans go to Frenchman.
Fun thing about New Orleans, you are always served in plastic 'to go' cups. You can walk from one bar to another carrying a drink and no one cares!
Bourbon street:
The French Quarter:
Cool bikes in the French quarter:
For Sol's birthday, Tiff and Stu took us to a lovely traditional place called Galatoire's for dinner which was on Bourbon St then we had a few drinks on Frenchman street listening to Dana and the Boneshakers, what a great group!!!!
Next stop: San Antonio via Houston.
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