Enjoying our first round of Hurricaines.

It has been a little over two years since I have been to a football game. When I heard that the University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles would be playing in the New Orleans bowl, I jumped at the chance to go. There were about eight of us that bought tickets and went to the game. We started the day off driving to New Orleans at around lunch time. JJ and I checked in to the Pavillion Hotel which we got on Hotwire.com for $63. Steven, Katye, and Dwayne met us at the hotel and we walked to Bourbon Street. We started off at the Cat’s Meow where our friend Carr was recruiting fellow USM fans to come enjoy the fun.

Carr working the door!

We stayed here for a few hours enjoying the 3 for 1 happy hour and Karoke and then moved over to Pat O’ Briens to enjoy a few hurricaines. We made it to the game and watched as our Golden Eagles got beat by Middle Tennessee State. We went back to Pat O’Briens to drown our sorrows. At around 3AM, JJ and I found ourselves at Harrahs playing cards. After winning a couple of hundred dollars we got back to our room around 4………. I didn’t bring my DSLR but did bring the Canon S3. It is much lighter and smaller and easy to carry around. I thought the shots came out okay.

Carr, Katye, and JJ having fun at Cats Meow

Damion Fletcher carrying the ball. Not bad for my small camera.

Enjoying the game