Week 1: Philadelphia to New Orleans

Tuesday 25 May

Preparing to leave 4838 Cedar Avenue, Philadelphia, in Clive's VW Beetle

First stopping point was at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia

Luray Caverns, Virginia

We camped that night in the Shenandoah National Park, somewhere near Luray.

Wednesday 26 May

View from Skyline Drive, Virginia

Further along Skyline Drive

On the Blue Ridge Parkway (a continuation of Skyline Drive)

Clive with his friends Alice (?) and family

We stayed overnight at Alice's home in West Virginia.

Thursday 27 May

Jewell Ridge, an old coal mining community in Virginia

We stopped in Bristol, Virginia to have the car serviced. Then we stayed for the next two nights with another friend of Clive (whose name I forget) in Maryville, Tennessee.

Friday 28 May

Smoky Mountains

Clive and friend

After a scenic tour of the Smoky Mountains we went back to Maryville for the night.

Saturday 29 May

View of Chattanooga, Tennessee from Lookout Mountain

Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery

Illegal roadside camping spot

We had trouble finding a campsite that night, and ended up pitching the tent at a roadside picnic area near Mobile, Alabama.

Sunday 30 May

Bellingrath House, a fine old mansion with beautiful gardens, near Mobile

In Bellingrath Gardens

First view of the Gulf of Mexico, in Lakeshore, Mississippi

We found a campsite near the northern end of the Lake Pontchartrain causeway.

Monday 31 May

The 24-mile causeway across Lake Pontchartrain, claimed to be the "longest bridge over water in the world"

Necropolis in New Orleans

Street scene, New Orleans

New Orleans cathedral

Alfresco restaurant in New Orleans
(Slide damaged by light – it was the first exposure on that reel of film)

Leaving New Orleans

We enjoyed a restaurant meal in New Orleans, then camped in a State Park near Sealy, Texas, which was plagued with mosquitoes.

Home

Week 2