03/04/2014.  Happy Mardi Gras…

Even though it was one of the coldest Mardi Gras in my lifetime, I wasn’t going to miss it this year.  Last year I spent Mardi Gras Day in the Hospital.  I missed all the major Mardi Gras Parades, because I spent a week in the hospital due to a fever and infection.  I wasn’t going to miss Mardi Gras again!  My dad and I went to Zulu and he caught three Coconuts, and then we walked back down St. Charles to 4th street and caught Rex.  It was a cold and wet day.  We didn’t stay for the truck parades, catching Rex was good enough to me, we wanted to go home and get warm and dry…

Going back and forth to all the Mardi Gras Parades, I walked 7 miles.  Even though my back hurt when it was stiff, there was no way I was missing Mardi Gras!