New Orleans to Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Slightly sad, we left NOLA for Florida.  Hard to be too sad when there are nice beaches and a wedding in the near future.  Some last pictures of New Orleans seemed appropriate though!

One neat change I had to been an engineer and point out is that the street cars now have nifty LED external light systems.  For the same wattage as the old incandescent lights, they get a brighter headlight and two bright strobe lights.  Nice improvement for the oldest running street car line in the USA!

 We also decided to roll through the French Quarter on our way out of town.

 First night, we camped in the panhandle of Florida.  We got a text message from my mom advising us of an oncoming tropical storm.  We thought if we left early we could avoid it... I'd say we ran straight into it though...  See our location as the blue dot...  Dear readers, if you notice we are straying into a tornado, tropical storm, or some other act of God, please let us know.  The weather apps we have are great at letting us know the weather where we are, not the weather where we are going.

We managed to get to St. Augustine to wait out some of the worst of the storm.  We checked into a fancy motel where we could get some laundry done, nap, hit the mini-gym, and soak in the outdoor hot tub.  In the evening it cleared up and we went to town to check it out.  We had an awesome dinner at The Floridian and walked around.  Noelle was amazed at the oldest plaza in the US as well as the oldest masonry building in the US.

As I write this, we've already finished our weekend of wedding, and we continue to have a great time in Boca Raton and Ft. Lauderdale.  Tuesday we'll be heading down to The Keys!