My Nightmare Mardi Gras (A Long Rant)

bornnraisedwhodat said
This.

1. Dont leave BR for Mardi Gras on a Friday evening. Traffic will be absolutely terrible. Either leave early in the day or late at night.

2. You might do better getting a hotel in Metarie or on the west bank.

3. Be prepared to pay to park. It is what it is. But I rather pay the bucks to park than have to deal with parking tickets.

4. Don't let people box you out. You get a spot you hold it down. You might have to elbow and be stern. Sometimes you might have to just move to a better spot. Be flexible.
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I don't know what it is, but the traffic that Friday before Mardi Gras is the absolute worst, even in the afternoon in NO and Metairie. Riding in Endymion for the past 18 years, I need to do a lot of things with the krewe like float loading and other preparations, and it seems I have to make time for traffic every year....