Day 181: Rainy day in NOLA.
It was a good thing we made a second trip into the city yesterday as today we woke up to rain. Actually, we have been hearing rain on the Airstream all night. We have been pretty lucky in the bad weather column of this trip in not seeing too much rain but it has finally caught up to us.
Rain means that we will not be going anywhere today. With the furnace running and hooked up to water and electric, we are actually quite happy to have a day like this. From the looks of it, we will be in our pajamas until tomorrow.
We usually have the gaucho seat converted back during the day just so we can have another place to sit besides at the dinette. Today it will probably stay in the bed form. The girls are allowed to watch TV in bed on rainy days.
Even Luka decided to join in on the shenanigans.
Here at Bayou Segnette, the ground is pretty wet anyways as the elevation is low and there are already pools of water collecting in the shallows in between sites. Typically this means perfect breeding grounds for nasty mosquitoes and noseeums but unlike Florida, we are not dealing with too much of them.
Our neighbors across the way have been staying in their site in a tent. Apparently they were not anticipating the rain and had no idea that their tent was set in the low spot. Their entire site was soaked with water and even though it is still raining, they had no choice but to pack up and move across to another site with a higher position. I really felt bad for them as all of their belongings seem to be drenched. With no sun out today, it doesn’t look like anything is going to dry any time soon.
At least they don’t have 3 kids in their tent driving them up the wall. Being cooped up all day means we have to bust out everything in our bag tricks. Toys, books, games, TV, you name it.
Ava has enjoyed doing her schoolwork on Marlene’s computer. The problem here is that the 3G is agonizingly slow for some reason. I don’t remember it being this bad during our last stay here.
Yeah Luka, your sisters are nuts. I guess that means you will be nuts, too.
Sorry Yoda, it’s Mardi Gras, you may as well get into the spirit.
The rain actually subsided enough around dinner time and we made our way out for another round of Vietnamese pho. On our way out, we stopped by the front desk and got some packages that had been sent to us from Marlene’s mom.
The girls got surprise Valentine’s day presents from their nona. Ava got an awesome Minnie Mouse dress.
And of course Mila needed to have an equally awesome Minnie Mouse getup to call her own. Thanks nona for the presents!
over and out,
dan
Tags: Louisiana
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February 28th, 2013 at 1:32 pm
Of course the rain had to come while you guys are in Louisiana. Gotta love those random scattered showers.
Last time I was in NO, I noticed that the 3G was TERRIBLE there. Maybe because it’s below sea level? That’s just a guess.
You guys have been slacking on the blog posts.
March 2nd, 2013 at 6:50 am
Hi!
Are you still in New Orleans by any chance? My husband, one year old son Eames and myself are moving to San Diego and we are seriously considering living in an Airstream the first year… Something we’ve always wanted to do. Anyways it would be great to meet you all for dinner/pho if you’re still in the area!
Xo,
Kelly Wilson
March 3rd, 2013 at 11:13 am
Hi Kelly, unfortunately we are not
We are actually closer to San Diego than New Orleans in Southern California. However if you do make it out here, we’d love to meet up with you!
March 27th, 2013 at 4:43 am
Please let us know if you have any secret rainy day weapons? We had our first trip away last weekend. Of course it rained and the kids were feral!
Looking at your blog, I’ve just realised you have a Luka. We also have a Luka – only we spell it Lucas. And my kids also have a Nona!
I guess that means you are kindred spirits.
I look forward to reading more of your adventures. Sonia x
March 28th, 2013 at 10:03 pm
@Sonia: We luckily didn’t run into too much rain. I think we still went out to do stuff with the kids when it did rain. Otherwise, the kids stay entertained with movies, iPads and computer games while in the Airstream. Their toys got boring pretty quickly. Going to campground for the weekend versus full-timing is so different for us. When we are full-timing, we tend to stray away from the campground a lot more and sight-see (or run errands) a lot more.