Lundi Gras: Monday, February 16, 2015

We parked at Algiers Point and took the ferry across the Mississippi to the River Walk area, where the Lundi Gras festival was held.  Live music and great food!  The festival is put on by the Zulu krewe.

Mardi Gras purple, gold, and green at the pavillion where jazz bands peformed

Connie's first Hurricane, at Pat O'Brien's in the Quarter

Girls from nearby Chalmette, in costume.  One of the girls said her Dad provided the hard hats from the factory where he works.

Governor of Zulu with kids at the River Walk

View of the river side of the levee, Jackson Square, and St. Louis Cathedral from the Algiers Point ferry

Papa Tom and me on the ferry

Coast Guard gunboat, making sure all is safe for Lundi Gras

Zulu's Mr. Big Stuff welcomes the music stage crowd with a Zulu coconut in hand, ready to be tossed to a lucky recipient

The Natchez leaves the dock

Connie poured her Hurricane into a Zulu cup for us to walk around with after leaving Pat O'Brien's

Where's the fire?  Revelers ride down St. Peter's Street in the Quarter



The gator caught some beads!