Day 2- New Orleans
Bashfuls here again!!! As we all got to know each other even more,
we saw some meaningful and interesting places as we drove through the southern
states.
Our day started at
5:45 AM as we left for our bus tour around Auburn University. Sealey S. told us
about the history of Auburn when we stopped for photos after the tour. After
the quick stop, we headed to Wal-Mart for our cooks to decide on and buy a
breakfast and lunch meal!!!
Auburn University
Can you see how early it is??
"hug your new friends"
Sealey S. presenting her research on Auburn
Once in Wal-Mart,
the happy group decided on bagels for breakfast and pizza burritos, consisting
of tortilla bread, pizza sauce, cheese and pepperoni all wrapped up in a
burrito. We also had cookies and chips on the side. Everyone was definitely
skeptical at first as to how good the burritos would be, but they turned out to
be pretty good!!!
Maximus P. helping out with lunch
Bailey E. helping prep pizza wraps
Our gourmet meal
Having fun in Wal-Mart
On the bus and
vans, we sang and jammed out to a variety of music, ranging from old country to
modern alternative. On some of the vans the groups would play UNO, riddles,
write letters to people back home, catch up on our journals and some of us even
played a game of telephone!!!
Hanging out on the bus
Emily S. and Julia B. on the bus
Joshua M., Emma B. and Crandall K. posing with a sleeping Monte
Sam B. with his gift from William and the V
Sam B. woke up a little confused
We arrived at the
Mississippi Welcome Center to stretch our legs and take a bathroom break. Alex was asleep on the bus the entire time
not realizing that the rest of the campers were listening to a presentation and
spelling out Mississippi with their arms!
Your lovely bloggers, the Bashfuls!
Once we arrived in New Orleans, we listened to research
presented to us while we sat on the steps of the Mississippi River. The trains
and steamboats interrupted some of the research, but we paused to be able to
hear the interesting information about New Orleans and all the spots we
visited. After the research we headed off to Café Dumonde and enjoyed some
beignets!! We were all shocked as to how crowded and crazy the restaurant was
and the surrounding areas. We made our way on over to St. Louis Cathedral to
take pictures and explore the church. Eventually we were given free time to go
off with our new friends. Some of us explored the shops on Bourbon St. and the
surrounding areas and found some pretttyyy interesting things along the streets
of New Orleans.
Our lovely staff (V, Matthew, Daisy, William, KS and Grant)
Everyone on the steps at the Mississippi River
Victoria H. presenting her research
Eli P. presenting his research
Landry F., Landrie H. and Ava S. enjoying some beignets
Emily S., Peyton H. and Bailey E. enjoying their beignets
Kennedy M. and Eli P. at Cafe Dumonde
Our group at the St. Louis Cathedral
Tonight we ate chicken alfredo with Texas Toast and salad!!
After we ran out of alfredo, some of the campers used ranch with their noodles
and it was surprisingly good!!! This was our first nice meal of the trip and we
are looking forward to see what else other groups come up with to eat.
Our cooks
Mitchell S., Maximus P. and Zach S. helping with dinner
Cassidy R. with counselor KS
Alex F., Parker M., Andrew F. and Jake I. at our campsite for the night
Practicing for the competition
Kayla H. and Payton H.
Landrie H. and Laura H. cleaning the van
Miss Beautiful and counselors Daisy and William hanging out at the campsite
Our amazing bus driver, Henry!
The competition for the night was to recreate a new version
of the infamous song “Dixieland Delight." While us Bashfuls did not win this
competition, we are still first overall! The sleepys blew away the competition
by acting like it was a church service, which got laughs from all of us.
Sleepys take the win!
Grumpys
Sneezys
Dopeys
Bashfuls
Happys
The counselors threw all the participants their TWB gear
tonight and everyone was super excited to see how the gear looked! Now we'll be wearing some new clothes in photos.
Tomorrow we head out to San Antonio to go on the River
Walk!!! We are looking forward to a day full of driving and getting to know
everyone even more!!
