Father of Six

I was in New Orleans for the Fleet/Material Handling Council (of which I am the co-chairman) annual meeting 4/21 through 4/26.

I hadn’t been to N.O since Danielle and I went for her graduation gift in May/June 2005. That was 3 months before Hurricane Katrina.

I forgot my camera on a couple of different excursions in and around the city, and missed out on multiple photo opportunities (like getting a picture of me and Sheila.)

I had a fantastic dinner with Tom Botsford at “Tommy’s” on Tchopitoulas.

Tom had tickets to the Zurich Classic PGA golf event in New Orleans, and I went with him to the final round on Sunday. They don’t let spectators bring in cameras - so no missed opportunities there.

I stayed at the Renaissance Arts Hotel. This view across the street is part of what I love about New Orleans. My friend Brian would have loved this place, which was across the street too.

I like the decorative Fleur-de-Lis around the city. I wish I would have had my camera to take more shots like these examples.

Our group from work went out to City Park and did some shoreline planting and cleanup. I took these two photos - one of a bird, and one of a flower.

I took the “scenic” route over to Slidell Wednesday evening - basically US-90 east from I-10. This took me through some pretty devastated area, but nothing was more odd, dangerous, disturbing as these two boats that had come to their final resting place on the shoulder of US-90. (Thanks to Tim for observing this a week before and telling me about it.)

I had to take these two photos inside the New Orleans airport. I remember when I was a little guy and we would go pick up my dad after he returned from a business trip> Always love the terminal building and the “big green windows” as I recalled them.

I had a great trip. I love going to New Orleans - the people, the food, the sights, the smells - I like it all. I just hope I never get asked to live there again.