Apparently, there are not one, but two festivals taking place this week here in New Orleans. The biggie is the French Quarter Festival, but the annual Strawberry Festival is also going on. I suppose it’s a sign of advancing age, but next time around I will check to be sure there are no festivals happening…
A week or so ago, I posted an item about the proposal for Amtrak to increase service between San Antonio and Los Angeles. The current three-days-a-week schedule is now being provided by the venerable Sunset Limited. The new arrangement would increase that service to a daily schedule. After a reader raised a question, I re-read…
I’ve written here a couple of times about efforts to restore the New Orleans-Orlando portion of the Sunset Limited’s route. Large sections of track in Mississippi and the Florida panhandle were torn up by Hurricane Katrina and, although the track has long since restored, Amtrak has never reinstated that part of the Sunset’s schedule. There…
New Orleans is well and justifiably renown for Mardi Gras, for the French Quarter, for wonderful jazz, and for great restaurants. But any visit to New Orleans should include – no, must include – a visit to the D-Day Museum. It’s beautifully laid out and is a wonderful combination of displays and a whole sequence…