Preamble.......

I cannot tell you how Kay came under our guardianship. I can only tell you this...... the story does not involve abduction nor thievery. Kay was given into our care, and that is all I will tell you of those circumstances. For the sake of this blog,our adventure begins on April 7th, 2012.

It starts out slowly enough with a long drive by private car, with intermittent stops for refreshment and leg-stretching. Although Kay's legs are short and don't need much stretching, she was happy for the fresh air and the chance to waddle through the grass.

The journey through Florida, Alabama and Mississippi was uneventful, although Kay graciously posed for a few photo ops moments, drawing a few looks askance and under-the-breath comments, to downright giggles from passers by and Welcome Center attendants (nothing uncommon,they assured me!)

We arrived in New Orleans, our first destination, in late afternoon and settled right into our hotel. We quickly found our way to the French Quarter.........an AMAZING place! Even Kay was impressed!

K-Paul's for dinner was at the top of our list, and since Kay dawdled, she missed the course of turtle soup! (I know your legs are short, but try to keep up Kay!) However, I graciously shared my shrimp etouffee, which was "to die for!" Kay quite enjoyed swimming around in the "hurricane", and later, she barely whimpered about the turtle soup. (I really think she was a little tipsy, as she started reminiscing.......something about St. Patrick's Day and a lost love named John.)

We'll leave you here, with promises of more adventures tomorrow......