Walking About

Sunday afternoon the scattered rains ended, the sky cleared, and with an hour or so to kill we decided it was a good day for a long walk. Our first stop was the sister-in-law's house, just half a mile away, that had just been jacked up about three feet higher than it had been when it flooded after Katrina. It's amazing how quickly this process can be completed. They are already building the new piers onto which the house will ultimately rest. I'm sure the neighbors will all be happy when this part of the rebuilding job is done because, since the house sits right up alongside the street the construction has been causing a lot of traffic and parking problems. I'm guessing that by the time the house can be occupied again, the sister-in-law will have been living in the little FEMA trailer in the front yard for well over two years.

Since I'd brought my camera along, I stopped to take a couple more "house" photos along the way as we walked down Palmer and eventually returned via the Tulane campus and Audubon Street. That first house is on the corner of Freret and Palmer and is a rather unique looking one that everyone, including me, seems to like. The other shot is of a big house on Audubon, a few blocks down from Tulane, that always seems to be very carefully maintained and landscaped. It was renovated some years back and I'm sure the job set them back a million or two.

So this morning it was nice and cool for the morning ride, although there were only two of us to do it. Scott and I did an easy spin, enjoying the cooler temperature and wondering why so few people were on the levee on such a nice morning. As for the World Championships, I say good for Bettini. Damn, I hope he's racing clean, at least this year! Well, I've got a long to-do list here at work, so I'd better get on it.