New Orleans KOA Holiday Blog
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Whether you’re exploring the local area or hanging out at the campground, KOA Holidays are an ideal place to relax and play. There’s plenty to do, with amenities and services to make your stay memorable. Plus, you’ll enjoy the outdoor experience with upgraded RV Sites with KOA Patio® and Deluxe Cabins with full baths for camping in comfort. Bring your family, bring your friends, or bring the whole group – there’s plenty of ways to stay and explore.
Whether you’re exploring the local area or hanging out at the campground, KOA Holidays are an ideal place to relax and play. There’s plenty to do, with amenities and services to make your stay memorable. Plus, you’ll enjoy the outdoor experience with upgraded RV Sites with KOA Patio® and Deluxe Cabins with full baths for camping in comfort. Bring your family, bring your friends, or bring the whole group – there’s plenty of ways to stay and explore.
DO NOT USE GPS! From I-10: Take Exit 223A Williams Blvd (LA 49). Go south on Williams Blvd to the end (LA 48/Jefferson Highway). Turn left & go 3/4 of a mile. We are on the left (Starrett Road). We have a big yellow fence & sign out front. DO NOT USE GPS! GPS will run you down roads that are not RV & travel trailer friendly!
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Many people do not realize that Mardi Gras is an entire season here in the Big Easy. Mardi Gras is a day, within an entire season of Carnival. Carnival season in New Orleans varies in length because of Easter.
As mentioned in a previous blog, here in New Orleans, we still celebrate the 12 days of Christmas. On the 12th day of Christmas, or 12th night (Jan. 6th), Carnival season begins, thus ending the Christmas season. (See blog on 12th night) Our first parades of the Carnival season, are on that day.
Carnival season runs all the way up to Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras day, which is always 47 days before Easter. Because Easter always changes, so does Mardi Gras. We sometimes have a really short Carnival season & sometimes a really long one, depending on when Easter is.
Once Carnival parades start for the season, they run most weekends leading up to Mardi Gras week. Once we get to Mardi Gras week, we enter what some here call, Deep Gras. Deep Gras is where parades begin to run daily, starting on the Wednesday before Mardi Gras, all the way up until Fat Tuesday. A week of daily parades, some days running from morning until night, is also combined with balls, parties, potlucks & family get togethers.
The day before Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras day, is called Lundi Gras. Lundi Gras is steeped in tradition, where Kings & Queens of Krewes arrive by boat & receive ceremonial keys to the city from the Mayor for Fat Tuesday. It’s a time of coming together, celebrations & ceremony, in preparation of New Orleans biggest day of the year, Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras day.
Another thing many people don’t realize, is that Mardi Gras parades don’t just run in one location. There are numerous places, all over the city, that run parades on the same day. The French Quarter, the Uptown area of New Orleans & local areas around us, will all be running parades at the same time, on the same days. You have to choose which ones to see!
Check out our event page on our website for a complete listing of all the parades.
If you haven’t seen or experienced Mardi Gras yet, what are you waiting for?
Mark Twain said it best when he said, “It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi-Gras in New Orleans.”
- Letter to Pamela Moffett, 9 and 11 March 1859
***CHECK OUT OUR EVENT PAGE FOR ALL OF THE MARDI GRAS PARADES & STOP IN OUR OFFICE TO BOOK OUR SHUTTLE TO MANY OF THEM!!!***
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