New Orleans, Louisiana

    We have traveled all across the states, and we have finally reached Louisiana.  One of the first things we noticed while we were there were the animals.  Some of the ones we saw included alligators, swamp animals and a variety of birds including the brown pelican.  I’ll bet that some of those animals were also lucky to live by Florida’s beautiful golf coast.  Others might have seen some of Louisiana’s lush white magnolias.

    The animals probably see some pretty neat things, but so did we.  We saw everything from basketball, football, hunting, fishing and horse racing to music festivals and jazz parties.  We also went sailing and hot air ballooning.  But I have to say, the most interesting thing of all had to be Mardi Gras.  There was a huge parade with a ton of floats.  I t was so amazing!

They also had a lot of food.  Louisiana is even famous for some of its food, including jambalaya and gumbo.  Jambalaya and gumbo are similar because they are both spicy soup-like dishes, but gumbo is thinner and usually has seafood as a meat, while jambalaya is thicker and can have almost any kind of meat.

The great state of Louisiana is not known only for its food.  It’s also known for its sugar cane, cotton, and swamps.  Another thing it is famous for is the oil spill that affected the state.  Something else I bet you didn’t know is that Louisiana is divided into parishes instead of counties.  This comes from its French background.  I thought that was pretty interesting.

Another thing we learned is that children in Louisiana enjoy playing many games at recess.  Some of the games included basketball, football, Chinese jump rope, and sharks and minnows.  Chinese jump rope is sort of like regular jump rope only you have to do different jumps in a certain order with a rubber band-like rope.  Sharks and minnows is a tag game.  One person is a shark who tries to tag all of the minnows.

That sure sounds like fun, doesn’t it?  We sure thought so.  I bet you want to go, too.  Maybe you will some day.  If you ever do, I guarantee you will have a blast!