Just A Little Update On Things …..

 I have been so busy with keeping my WEB sites going that I have fallen way back on my posts. Sorry for that. After our trip to New Orleans, things got busy and I did not have a chance to post anything from our September trip to Austin.

We had a blast at the ACLFest !! So much to see. literally hundreds of bands. It was overwhelming. I have tons of videos and pics to upload. Yea, I know, I am about 6 months behind, blah, blah, blah …

Hey - Better late than never, right??

 I will get on it and get the pics up first. I am in the process of changing my server for my videos. It was overwhelmed and needed upgrading so the vids will go up last.

FYI: We will be making a trip to Chiapis, Mexico in July if all goes well. I will keep you posted on that. Also, because we had such a great time at ACLFest in ‘07, we will be doing it again this September ‘08 !!

Well that’s it for now. I will try to do better about keeping things up to speed around here.

Be sure to check back when you can and watch for the ACL pics !!!

Later,

Chuck

 

New Orleans 4th of July Trip (July 3rd to July 19th)

Our trip to New Orleans got going on the 3rd with our flight from Cozumel to New Orleans by way of Houston. The flight was uneventful and we arrived in New Orleans at about 6pm. We took it easy on the 3rd since we knew there would be a full day of activity on July 4th. The Riverwalk was our destination. 

I know a whole lot has been said about New Orleans and the hardships of the recovering city, but I am here to tell you that there is plenty to see and do and the city is coming back!!

 

 

 

   

We  started at the riverwalk where things are jumping. Lots of people from all over the world shopping and having a blast. The stores are all open and things look the same as always. An outsider would have no idea that this area was hit by such a devistating hurricane.

We spent most of the day there soaking in the fun and music of the 4th of July celebration! There were several live bands performing and they were very good. There was a mob of people so getting a good place to see and hear the groups was a bit of a challenge.

 

 

 


   

I had never heard of any of these groups, but they were all very good.

As you can see from the schedule, the music started at 3pm and went all the way up to time for the fireworks. I shot the fireworks on my mini-vid camera and it looks pretty good. I will be putting it up in our Video Gallery as soon as I sort through all the pics and vids we shot on this trip. I also have several videos of the music and that too will be up soon. I am slow, I know it. But I will get it all done very soon.

 

I will be posting more on our trip to give you all the details on where we stayed, where we ate, and what we did in the next couple of days. Check back. There is a whole lot more for you to read and see.