Roads Traveled with Linda L. Osmundson
When we disembarked from the American Queen in New Orleans at the end of our Mississippi cruise, little did we know we were stepping into the beginning of Carnival. Not a carnival with Ferris wheels and rollercoasters, but the city’s season of fun, food, frivolity, parades, and masked balls before the somber days of abstinence during Lent.
I discovered my misconceptions of Mardi Gras (French for Fat Tuesday) as we toured Mardi Gras World, the company that creates many of the floats for parades held during the season.
