NOLA Habitat for Humanity, Week 7

Another week in the rear-view, and with it, another project.  Our last day with Habitat is this coming Wednesday, and we start the three-day drive back to Denver on Thursday.  It’s hard to believe that our time here is already over, but I feel blessed to have gotten this project at all.  Habitat work has been really rewarding, and all the friendly people and weird traditions have made New Orleans a great place to live.  A fond farewell, Louisiana.  Thanks for the music and the food!

The big news from this past week, Parents! (More specifically; mine!) My mom and dad came down from Washington last weekend and we had a great time acting like tourists.  We rode the street-cars, we took a steamboat tour of the Mississippi, we ate oysters, we toured the Tabasco(®)  Factory, and even saw a Mardi Gras parade. It was really great to see them, and it was great for them to escape February in Spokane.

Here are a couple pictures from the weekend:

On the Steamboat Natchez(®,™)

Touring the Garden District. 

Did you know that Andrew Jackson and the ghost of Archie Manning (®,™,$) won the battle of New Orleans in that house? Wait…or was that the one where Anne Rice lived when she wrote “Transformers 2”?  I think it was something like that. Our tour book was kindof confusing.

Krewe De Vieux parade, The first big one of Mardi Gras, and the only one that goes through the French Quarter.  And if you can’t make it out, that float is sperm-ies with hats.

Lagniappe:

Same as last round, we had to turn in a reflection; a poem or a picture or something to reflect on our project and our time in New Orleans.  Once again I made a stupid postcard.

Bye you, Bayou!