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Here's Alysa trying on a costume at the Mardis Gras Museum. The museum is really a showpiece of the largest float-builders in the area, and by their claims the world.

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Here we are in costume.

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Alysa in another fancy hat, but back to street clothes.

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The first of many, many items in their collection. This head is about eight feet tall.

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Some others on the tour; the woman in the yellow shirt was the tourguide. This is a huge warehouse space, and as you'll see later is also used for construction of new figures and floats.

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Here an artist works on some dolphins.

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Another room full of stuff.

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This is a HUGE float, easily 100 feet or more in length and covered in lights. For size comparison the Oscare statue near the front is 6-8' tall.

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Another very large float.

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The full name of the place.

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Now on the ferry back to downtown New Orleans. The riverboat in the distance is the one we'll be taking later the same night.