Year 4, Day 193, “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 11/09/2024. Clifty Hill 2 – Day 16 of 16-night KY to New Orleans and Day 15 of 14-night New Orleans Carribean cruise on Brilliance of the Seas. Up early, packed, eating breakfast and taking some last pictures. We are eager to get on the road.
Here’s a few thoughts about Brilliance of the Seas
Great room attendants
Very clean ship
Old ship
Good food
Way too much dressing on salads
All employees are friendly and accommodating
Best staff of any cruise ship we have been on.
In the garage and heading home at 8:15am.
By 9am cst we are on Interstate 10 east. Maps says we will be home 8pm est. We think it will be more like 10pm unless we stop for the night. Plans are to drive straight through. We are leaving on Thursday for Pennsylvania. Lots to do before we leave again.
At 9:30 am we pass over Lake Pontchartrain. Lake Pontchartrain is the largest inland body of water in Louisiana. It covers 630 square miles. It is actually an estuary, not a lake. It is connected to the Gulf of Mexico and various rivers and bayous. We did not cross over The Causeway Bridge. That bridge runs 23 miles over the lake and is the longest bridge over water in the world! It connects New Orleans to the North Shore and takes about 50 minutes to fully cross.
It is a drizzly dreary all-day drive.
Cruise Departure information:
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
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