Shortly after the school year ended, my girlfriend and I embarked on quite the epic journey down south, with our final destination being New Orleans. Our first stop was in Connecticut to go apartment hunting for Emily. She got an amazing job working for Unilever and we ended up finding her a really nice place in Milford, CT, a cute little town right by the water.
Our next spot was my home. We drove down to Silver Spring and stayed there for a few days and did all the things that tourists do when visiting the nation's capital. We went to all the monuments and had a blast in DC before continuing on southbound.
It was finally time to hit the road and head South. We didn't want to drive all 19 hours in one crazy day, so we split up our trip down to New Orleans into two days, stopping in beautiful rural Tennessee to camp at Rock Island state park and eat some of the best Jambalaya and steak we had ever had at a nearby restaurant tucked away in the woods, high up on a hill and next to a beautiful river. We rinsed off in a waterfall the next morning as the sun rose, and then hopped back on the road to head down to New Orleans.
My experiences with Emily were incredible, and quite memorable. I couldn't be more thankful for her love and companionship, and I can't wait to continue our journey around the world. Exploring the French Quarter and day drinking daiquiris on Bourbon Street, cruising down the Mississippi on the ferry and visiting the battlegrounds of the Battle of New Orleans (1814), enjoying coffee and beignets every morning and eating amazing food all around Louisiana, touring the swamps and bayous of Louisiana with wild hogs and alligators, dancing in the rain at the Bayou Bugaloo festival, and learning about the historic Oak Alley Plantation were some of the highlights of our trip, and it would be hard for a set of photos to accurately portray our experiences. We had some bumbs in the road, but getting over them truly made me appreciate all of the wonderful experiences we were having. Even sleeping in the car in a parking lot next to Arby's for a night on our way back home.
The photos I'm going to share are from some of the more memorable spots from our trip.
I definitely hope to make it back to New Orleans one day.
