Touring and Celtics

Day 101 - New Orleans, LA - Cloudy Mid 40's:

Today we took some time to re-visit some of the sites from our bus tour because we couldn’t really see them well or take good pictures from the bus. Before we got too far though we made a stop at the New Orleans Arena. We had noticed the Celtics were in town and thought it would be cool to go see them beat up on the Hornets.

From the arena we went back to the Lakeview neighborhood to get a closer look at the FEMA trailers we had driven by yesterday. It was an interesting sight as there are very few remaining in New Orleans. Heather and I were both astounded at how small they were and that families of four or lived in them some for more than a year. From the Lakeview neighborhood we made a stop at one of the levees. Look closely at the pictures so that you can get a good idea of how far below sea level the houses are built. We even parked the car below sea level and had to climb up to the levee. It was kind of crazy to think that people are really living on reclaimed swampland. It was funny to watch Homer, our Tom-Tom, even had trouble deciding between green for land and blue for water.

Having taken some pictures and gotten a real feel for the devastation, we headed back to the hotel for the afternoon to grab lunch, get caught up on our computer work and workout. It was then time for dinner and the Celtics game. We were planning on getting a good laugh as the Celts beat-up the Hornets…unfortunately it didn’t work out as planned and the Celtics got beat by 7 points. I don’t like talking crap about the Celtics but REALLY we can’t even beat the Hornets. I’m not sure we can make a championship run if we can’t even beat the Hornets. After the game we made a Wendy’s stop so I (Ben) could get a Frosty and then headed back to the hotel to pack.