Our crowd waits at the St. Charles Street Car stop just around the corner from our hostle on the way to Audibon Park Zoo.
Our first view of Audibon Park.
We were not particularly impressed by the Zoo. Many of the animals like the gorilla below seemed bored and the enclosures seemed cramped. This turned out to be more of a fact-finding venture since the Zoo is glowingly commented on in most guidebooks.
Here are three of the same tribe, the shortest being about 12 feet if I estimate correctly, all enjoying the hot sun after a brief spring thundershower.
Chris however found this antique horse-drawn candy wagon delightful. It used to ply the streets of the French Quarter.
The best part of the Audibon was the Bayou exibit and its numerous examples of local foliage like this magnificent 200 year-old live-oak.
This large and lovely specimen of Louisiana gator sunned itself on a dockside at the Zoo.
Here are three of the same tribe, the shortest being about 12 feet if I estimate correctly, all enjoying the hot sun after a brief spring thundershower.
After the Zoo our group took a tour of the beautiful campus of Tulane University. Here is Michael Ritchie reconsidering his college plans.
More of our gang walking through the Tulane campus.
Our group inspect a naval gun in front of Tulane's naval studies building.
Later in the day we changed clothes and took off for cajun night at the local rock n bowl. Here is a series on the lovely time we had. (see previous post)
Here we are on the lovely St. Charles Streetcar.
Travellers rock out to zydeco while bowling.
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