day 74: the arrival to new orleans

Finally.  After going through the ultimate gauntlet of barges and sea vessels and almost getting my ears getting blown out by a steam engine blasting it's horn, we got to new orleans.  Roughly 2000 miles and 74 days.

A huge group of people were there to welcome our arrival after Eriks mom told what seemed like half of new orleans about our trip.  Popped some champagne, was speechless, and exhausted after a 42 mile day and an 830 am start.  Some drunk lady kept hugging me but  i embraced it.  And whats even crazier is some lady had a picture of us from an airplane from a few days earlier.

Eriks mom and dad are once again came with a boat load of hospitality and even got me a cool shirt.  It's a picture of an aligator with a Darth Vader helmit and below the picture says Darth gator.  Classic.

Today I guess I'll just eat and drink well.