Seems like we've done and seen so much already. Diving along Beach Boulevard in Biloxi is a very sobering experience. I was here years ago for a friends wedding and remembered beautiful Southern mansions lining the beach. Now the only things there are cement slabs with nothing on them, empty fields, the shells of a couple building and a couple new buildings. And Casinos. Now that casinos are allowed to be built on the land - seems that they are the only thing that they have found money to build. We went to a casino the frst night to get some dinner - scary. It was like a huge Las Vegas casino and it was packed!! Won some money, that I will spend while I'm here!
We also went to New Orleans today - on a picture perfect day. Still shocking to see that there is still so many destroyed buildingds in the drive in. Also neighborhoods that look like they are in some third word country. Had beignets for breakfast and oysters and gumbo for lunch. We had our Habitat orientation tonite at an old high school foootball stadium. Tomorrow starts the building!
All 15 of us are driving around in a big extended van - very fun driving it, except we feel like the Partridge family.....enjoying the Edgewater in, even though Mel and I had to have our door kicked open tonight because somehow the security lock inside locked.
Watched the academy awards in a meeting room - the kid at the front desk said as we left the room "did you guys get to see your show? Hope you enjoyed it!" - as if we were possibly the only idiots that would want to watch it.
Have to be on the road at 7am tomorrow - so off to bed.
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Please, please post pictures of the sweet van. If you guys are the Partridge family, I wann know who is the Danny of the group? I vote Palumbo!
Good for you guys. I've never been to that part of the country and am sad that I will never know the 'before'. Congratulations on helping them build the 'after'.
All the best,
Janet
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