Ever since watching the ‘Waterboy’ movie starring Adam Sandler, we’ve always wanted to ride on an airboat. If you’ve ever seen the movie you’ll understand – if not…then rent it!
Today was the day that we were to live that dream and ride on an Airboat with ‘Airboat Adventures’, traveling around the Louisiana Swamps in search of Alligators! After the hour shuttle ride out to the 
swamp, we were soon sitting on the front seat of the airboat, and decked out with air muffs. These airboats sure were loud…and fast!
Before we knew it we were making smooth sweeping corners dangerously close to the banks of the swamps. At this time of year its difficult to find alligators in their natural habitat. As cold blooded reptiles they seek the sun, so stay out of the cold swamp waters and seek the sun on the floating logs and banks. Our eyes were peeled.
Luckily we were able to spot a great selection of Gators catching the few rays that they day had produced. During the trip we were also surprised that a gator was on board with us the whole time! The driver then gave us the chance to hold the live gator!
That night we made our way back to the French Quarter for dinner, we were on the hunt of another local dish, this time the classic Gumbo! To be honest we didn’t know what to expect but went on a recommendation from the New Orleans tourist board to try the Gumbo Shop. Jax opted for the traditional Shrimp Gumbo and Jordan (not being a major fan of seafood) opted of the Chicken version. Gumbo can be described as a seafood stew/soup. Jax compared the dish to a cross between Spanish Paella and Seafood chowder – once again a great meal in New Orleans.
We couldn’t eat too much though – we had to prepare or stomachs for our first Thanksgiving Feast tomorrow!
