Day One

It's been a pretty long day. Managed to sleep pretty well for a bus ride. We changed drivers somewhere around midnight somewhere around Kentucky. The next thing I knew, after fits of tossing and turning I woke up at 6:00 and we were almost there.

We got to Camp Hope in St. Bernard's parish around 9 or 10 this morning. Had a couple of hours to get to see the place -a converted school torn down to the studs. Actually, it's not nearly as bad as what I had pictured. It's sort of like camping, but we all have bunks or cots and since I brought a blow up mattress, I think I will be pretty comfortable. We spent the afternoon at the Acquarium where some of the students spotted a very exciting movie star. You will have to check back to the blog later to see who it was. Perhaps a photo will be posted.

Now we are back at the camp, had our orientation, will soon have dinner and a pretty low key evening to prepare for our 6am wake up call to head to the build site for 7:00.

Beth