Tour of Katrina-devastated areas sell out

There are still sultry, secluded French Quarter courtyards and majestic old Garden District mansions to be seen in New Orleans these days but the tour that John and Toni Stone of Harrisonburg, Virginia, opted for today took them past boarded up shops and collapsing houses.

The couple were among about a dozen tourists who took Gray Line New Orleans’ first post-Katrina bus excursion to parts of the city devastated by the August 29 hurricane.