Louisiana, Day One

Today, I had the opportunity to fly into Louisiana for work. I've been to the Louisiana office before, but that trip, I flew into Baton Rouge. This was my first time to New Orleans. A co-worker picked us up at the airport, and took us an hour north to Gonzales, we were to stay for the week.
I couldn't get over the overpasses, highways, and "bridges" that went on for miles over marshland, and waterways...

With a glimpse of lake pontchartrain on the right... (kind of looks like the ocean, it's so big!)

 

Once we checked in, we went out for dinner close to the hotel. We shared a bunch of appetizers, including alligator...

And charbroiled oysters...3 of which were "normal" and 3 of which were "jacked up" (prepared with hot sauce)...

For dinner, I had shrimp etouffée. I've never had alligator or etouffée before,  So, it was a day of "firsts" for me all around.