So I haven't written on here in a while, but it is because the Army somewhat took over my life. I've beyond busy and have had limited internet access. The last few weeks have been full of tons of emotions and experiences. So here it goes...My adventures of the past few weeks.
So it all started with getting to Ft. Benning Georgia. My mom and I took off on the beginning of a long road trip to see my husband and finally get to be a real wife not just one who writes letter and waits for the next phone call. We get to cook and clean and live together after being apart for our entire first year of marriage. The first part of our trip we drove all the way through New Mexico and into Texas. We got to stop in El Paso at Ft. Bliss to see another "Army Wife" and a wonderful friend of mine Audrey. It was the best way to start a trip. She is one of the best friends I have, even if we don;t see each other for years when we do get together it seems like we've never been apart. The second day of our trip we made it to San Antonio to play tourist at our first stop. Actually my favorite stop before we made it to Georgia. The River Walk was so much fun and beautiful. We visited the Alamo and went on a horse and buggy tour of the town. It was where we decided that we will always come back to for a fun vacation.
As we left we headed to New Orleans to spend the next 2 days. We stayed in a beautiful historic hotel on Royal street just 1 block off of Bourbon St. It was an amazing place and a unique vacation spot but a location I probably would never go back to. When we pulled into town there was so much traffic it was hard to get around and on top of that there were crazy people and everyone of them were dressed up in "Red Dresses" That day was the Red Dress Run in support of Breast Cancer. It was a huge event and a Crazy one at that! The locals said it was the second largest event next to Mardi Gras. They meassure the success of the evening on how many tons of trash they have to clean up the next morning. I have never seen such a dirty place with so much trash in the streets. It was definitely a must do but a 1 time experience for me. My favorite part of it was the Piano Bar Howl at the Moon. The next day we went on several tours of the area. The first one was an Alligator Swam Tour. We got to ride on a swamp boat and feed alligators. AMAZING! Then we when on a bus tour of the town and got to see the remaining damage from Hurricane Katrina several years ago. The history behind this city was amazing.
So it all started with getting to Ft. Benning Georgia. My mom and I took off on the beginning of a long road trip to see my husband and finally get to be a real wife not just one who writes letter and waits for the next phone call. We get to cook and clean and live together after being apart for our entire first year of marriage. The first part of our trip we drove all the way through New Mexico and into Texas. We got to stop in El Paso at Ft. Bliss to see another "Army Wife" and a wonderful friend of mine Audrey. It was the best way to start a trip. She is one of the best friends I have, even if we don;t see each other for years when we do get together it seems like we've never been apart. The second day of our trip we made it to San Antonio to play tourist at our first stop. Actually my favorite stop before we made it to Georgia. The River Walk was so much fun and beautiful. We visited the Alamo and went on a horse and buggy tour of the town. It was where we decided that we will always come back to for a fun vacation. 
As we left we headed to New Orleans to spend the next 2 days. We stayed in a beautiful historic hotel on Royal street just 1 block off of Bourbon St. It was an amazing place and a unique vacation spot but a location I probably would never go back to. When we pulled into town there was so much traffic it was hard to get around and on top of that there were crazy people and everyone of them were dressed up in "Red Dresses" That day was the Red Dress Run in support of Breast Cancer. It was a huge event and a Crazy one at that! The locals said it was the second largest event next to Mardi Gras. They meassure the success of the evening on how many tons of trash they have to clean up the next morning. I have never seen such a dirty place with so much trash in the streets. It was definitely a must do but a 1 time experience for me. My favorite part of it was the Piano Bar Howl at the Moon. The next day we went on several tours of the area. The first one was an Alligator Swam Tour. We got to ride on a swamp boat and feed alligators. AMAZING! Then we when on a bus tour of the town and got to see the remaining damage from Hurricane Katrina several years ago. The history behind this city was amazing.
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