Friday, January 31, 2014

International hunt for a Confederate general

We rode the Algiers commuter ferry in the foreground. The front end of the empty oil tanker is riding high out of the water, heading toward a pumping station somewhere up the river. Looks like we'll be exporting some oil today.
Photo by Kathleen Rolfsrud
Stan told them he was from Minnesota, and that
was apparently close enough to qualify as their 
local expert.
Everything is relative.


Hundreds of South Koreans were running wild in downtown New Orleans today, competing in a massive scavenger hunt that organizers had put together to expose these enthusiastic tourists to the city's major attractions.
On the ferry commuter shuttle to Algiers, Stan was button-holed by one team of contestants seeking a local to help figure out a clue to a location that honors a southern confederate general.
His answer: The Robert E. Lee statue on Lee Circle. Google confirmed it and their GPS found it and they were off and running when the gangplank hit the wharf.
Always glad to help tourists in need.
We don't know if iconic Jackson Square was included in the Korean Scavenger Hunt, but look, there it is, right
behind her. Possible clue: What has three spires, a statue of Old Hickory and smells like mule shit?