I think old structures look good in monochrome.   

 

Down by the river

  

I took my camera

Down by the river

  

 I shot some pictures

  

After that I feel like I owe Neil Young a shout out: 

    

I didn't get out or socialize much during Christmas break.   I spend a few hours on Christmas with my siblings at their lake house. That was fun.   I spent an afternoon or two hanging out with Jesse, Christy, and Jeremy.  That was fun too.
Other than that the dreary weather pretty much kept me at the house and inside. 

 

Frenchman Street

Christy, Jesse, and I took the Amtrak Crescent from the train depot in Anniston AL to New Orleans for a week of adventure and photography. This train station is a classical revival depot and is listed in the National Registry of Historical Places. Jesse loves to ride the train. Heck, we all love to ride the train. We left August 8, 2013 and returned August 14th. Unfortunately Jeremy couldn’t go this time. He had to work.
Christy’s father was kind enough to drive us to the train station and pick us up so we wouldn’t have to leave a vehicle parked there for a week.
We stayed at our usual place, the historic 905 Royal Hotel in the French Quarter. The 905 Royal was built in the late 1890’s.