One of the attractive features of taking a cruise out of New Orleans was sailing down the Mississippi. I have always wanted to do it and someday I will do the rest of the river, but this was going to take me to the Gulf. What I didn't realize was how long it was going to take. We departed at 4 PM on the Serenade of the Seas, but the crew said we wouldn't be in the Gulf until midnight. Also being mid-winter, much of the journey would be in the dark. Before we began the Natchez and Creole Queen paraded outside our balcony.
But soon we were on our way through New Orleans. Several times I remembered that this was the port my ancestor William Reed (Farncombe) entered the United States and he would have travelled this same route 150 years ago.
I loved these maps on the television screen in our room, showing us where we were.
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| The haze in the sky along the horizon is from marsh fires. |
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| St. Bernard Port |
I loved it all even in the dark. The water looked like we were going through chocolate soft serve ice cream because it was so thick and brown.
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| At about 8 PM we were still in the Delta. |
Eventually, we went to bed and woke up to this!
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