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| This is a mural on the side of a downtown building. The artist "sketched" the mural and then allowed people in the community to complete the painting. |
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| KWKH radio announcer Frank Page introduced Elvis (statue on right) on his first radio broadcast from the Louisiana Hayride inside Shreveport, Louisiana's Municipal Auditorium, October 16, 1954. To the right is James Burton a Shreveport Native who created a famous Fender Guitar. |
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| RCA Dog Art. Lights up with colorful spots at night. This little guy is about 20 feet tall and sits outside a firehouse. |
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| The Strand Theater, Shreveport. |
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| Marie took us to lunch after our grand tour at SALT restaurant which is connected to the aquarium on the riverfront. |
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| One of the art projects that recycled water bottles found at the aquarium site. |
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| Lion fish. |
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| Marie inside a tank bubble. Kind of a small space to access for such a tall gal. |
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| Bob always enjoys getting into his activities. An enormous jaw of a great white shark. Geez, check out those rows of teeth. |
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| Usually I keep my hands in my pockets at these "hands-on" activities but I just couldn't pass up the chance to touch a jellyfish. |
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| They had a tube I could stand in surrounded by a tank of jellyfish. |
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| Japanese giant crab which can reach up to 25 feet across. Thankfully, they live 3 miles under the surface so not likely to find one at the beach. This is a baby at only 4 feet. |
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| Jellies upside down because they are fed from the top of the tank. |
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| Walking trail near our RV campground. Red River on the left. Kind of reminds us of the walking path near our apartment in Sioux Falls. |
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| We didn't really know what the museum name meant just like we have no idea why there was an old British telephone booth there. Figured out the name refers to the air power developed by the US from WWI thru the present. |
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| A poster detailing the cruise missile bombing of Iraq after the invasion of Kuwait that left from Barksdale AFB in support of Operation Desert Storm, remaining classified for a year. The official name of the mission was Senior Surprise was dubbed by all those involved as Secret Squirrel. |
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| Blackbird Strategic Reconnaissance plane developed as a black project from Lockheed at its Skunk Works division. Standard evasive tactics if a surface-to-air missile was launched at it was to simply accelerate and outfly the missile. Fun fact - "Skunk Works" was the official psuedonym for Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs. It was derived from the moonshine factory in the Li'l Abner comic strip and used in technical fields to describe a group within an organization with a high degree of autonomy tasked with working on advanced or secret projects. Logo - white striped skunk. |
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| P51 Mustang considered the best plane during WWII. |
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| B-29 Superfortress. |
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| Russian MiG |
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| After all strenuous influx of information and walking we needed some refreshment. While Pennsylvania has those silver aluminum diners everywhere, here in Shreveport this quirky little establishment is their version of a diner. Inside the "main" building are 5 tables. So we had to sit in the annex which is the space to the left where the tree actually was incorporated into the dining area. There are two very long picnic tables where everyone sits together. We all had fried butterfly colossal shrimp (2) on either french bread or bun with special "buster" sauce. No idea what was in it and the staff was not talking. |
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