I can't believe I am going to admit this but I am about to turn 27 and until this past weekend I had never been out of our state. Ever. I didn't go on vacations as a kid and hubby and I have never had a chance to get away. So to leave the state was a big deal to me. We went to Louisiana. I had every intention of taking tons of photos. But the first one I took was at Waffle House on the way there and the cook there got on my nerves by making a big deal about my photo. He was joking around but it irritated me so I stopped taking pics of everything.
The first thing we did when we got to Louisiana was hit the casinos. We stayed at the first one for about an hour, doubled our money and walked away. Then we went to another one and stayed about 4 hours. I learned to play Blackjack and was able to play for 3 hours on $20 before I lost it all. But it was FUN!! Well worth the $20.
After that casino we went to find a hotel. $38.99 a night sounded good to us. It was GHETTO. But we laughed and went back to the room to watch some tv. We spent a few hours watching a movie and laying around before heading to a cajun restaurant to eat dinner. The best SHRIMP EVER!! And I had a hurricane that knocked my socks off. We went back to the room a while and then decided to get dressed (it was about 10:00 p.m by then ) and find some more casinos. We drove around a while looking for a good one and then decided to go back to the one we had spent most of our time at earlier in the day. We stayed until about 2:00 a.m and lost way too much money. It was a lot of fun though.
After that we went back to the hotel, watched some more t.v and then passed out around 4:00 a.m. We woke up before 9:00. After checking out of the hotel we ate breakfast at Waffle House ( again!) and toyed with the idea of driving to New Orleans. We started on the road and ten minutes later decided it wasn't worth the extra 3 hour drive this time. So we turned around and headed home.
On the way back home we stopped in hubby's hometown and drove around with him showing me his old house, school, etc. We stopped by an old civil war cemetery and it was really awesome. I know some might think it is morbid but we loved it. All the history and interesting headstones. I took some pics of headstones and we both agreed that it was ok to do that.
After that we headed on home. About 5 minutes from our house we decided to go see a movie. We saw My Soul to Take which was ok. Not great but fairly entertaining. Then we went home and hung out because I didn't have to pick up the kids until Monday morning ( school holiday was on Monday). It was a great weekend away. I couldn't take pics in the casino but I wish I had taken more of other things. I didn't get any of hubby and I. What I did get was lots of scenery. At least I have something to remember it by.
Waffle House lunch on the drive there. There are no words for how much we love Waffle House. YUMMY!!! This is the photo that the cook embarrassed me with. Everyone else thought it was funny. I did not.
Our little $48.00 after tax room. The guy handed us our remote with the key. An actual key not even a sliding one. Like I said ghetto. But we were fine with it and kept making jokes.
Leaving Louisiana. Blurry photos were pretty common while driving.
I took photos of some really old headstones.
And some that broke my heart. Notice the dates? 2 days old. :(
Since the cemetery is over 150 years old some of the areas were kinda overgrown adding to the beauty of it all. It really was a great weekend spent with my honey. So glad we got to have our little getaway. Even if it did take us being married 8 years before we got it.
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