Day 2- New Orleans
This morning we woke up around 5:30 and packed up our items from the
LaGrange campsite. Once the site was cleaned up by our site managers, we hit the road. While most
people slept others played cards. People are starting to get more comfortable
with each other, and the bus is just getting louder and louder! We took a short
drive through the Auburn campus early this morning and even gathered around the
sign for a quick picture! After, we took a stop at Wal-Mart to let the cooks
get travel breakfast and travel lunch, a few of us even bought items from the
Auburn section of Wal-Mart.
After Wal-Mart, we had pop tarts for our breakfast during a
two-hour ride to the rest stop at Mississippi. While at the rest stop, Reilly G. shared his research about Mississippi (the state and
the river!) He did a great job on the research, making it unique and
interesting!
Once we hit the road again, the cooks made our lunch. We had gourmet PB&J’s with chips and fruit
snacks. They were absolutely delicious
and we got to jam (and jelly) out to some great music on the vans!!
After a few more hours on the bus we ended up in New
Orleans. We took a brief walk to Jackson Square where we looked at the
Mississippi River and the St. Louis Cathedral, one of the oldest in the USA. Carlee
presented research on Louisiana, Carter presented on Café Du Monde, Bryce presented
on Bourbon Street and Jessica presented on the Mississippi River. We loved
hearing interesting facts on all of these cool places! We continued our walk by
going to the cute little French bakery; Café Du Monde. At the bakery, some
participants ordered coffee to keep themselves awake from the early morning and
everyone got Beignets, they were covered with powder sugar
and came straight from the hot oven. (yummm!!!) Some of the counselors even blew the powder in our faces, it made for some great pictures!
For the next
two hours we got to explore New Orleans and even took an iconic group picture
on Bourbon Street, talk about different!! There were people everywhere and we
had some super strange places to go. Tonight we traveled to Fontainebleu State
Park to bed down for the night. Thankfully, we were indoor in cabins on high
stilts. (yay, air conditioning!)
On the way to
the campground, all of our dwarf groups are getting together to prepare a
performance of “Dixieland Delight” for our nightly Dwarf competitions.
For dinner
tonight, the Happys (cooks) made spaghetti and garlic bread. Delicious! Just walking past the kitchen made all of our
mouths water. After enjoying our
fabulous 5-star meal we had our second competition. Each group put on a performance dedicated to
the song “Dixie Land Delight” by Alabama! There was a tie for first place
between the Grumpy and the Sneezy group. They both shared unique and funny performances
(not as good as the Bashfuls!). We all
listened to the counselors give us some great advice about what’s to come for
the trip. And last, Heather took every groups
picture and we were all so tired, apologies ahead of time for the not so
energetic looks on all of our faces.
Though we were all very happy because right after taking our picture
everyone got their TWB merchandise (aka swag merch!). Tomorrow we travel to San Antonio, Texas. Sending our love back home!
"Thank God for Mississippi"
Enjoy pictures from today, and videos below from the Dwarf competitions (Dixieland Delight)
The one and only Auburn university Football Stadium!
Auburn University! Look at that time- 6:49 AM... yikes!
Mama said-"Hydration is key!" -The Water Boy |
In case you couldn't read the sign, we have a visual to tell you where we are.
We got lost....just kidding we wanted to see how far we had to travel across the big state of Louisiana today |
Reilly G. sharing some information about the state of Mississippi with the group.
Our incredible staff (minus Henry, our amazing bus driver)! From left to right: Vickie, Logan, Heather, Kendall, Whitney, and Grant.
The Mississippi River |
Hi MOM!!!
Trying the delectable beignets from the renowned Cafe Du Monde. YUUUMMMM! The counselors decided to blow the Powdered sugar on us.
While delicious, the beignets can get a little messy... especially with the help of a strong breeze.
Grant is either telling a cheesy joke or trying to steal a beignet... both are believable options.
Getting "crop dusted" by some beignets!
Outside of St. Louis Cathedral
The stunning interior of the cathedral.
The group getting their first impression of Bourbon Street.
The one, the only, BOURBON STREET!
Enjoying our shopping time in New Orleans.
This is the Bashful group preparing for the skit competition
The Happy group preparing the supper of Spaghetti and cheesy bread
Grumpy's washing the dishes (aka peeling the dried noodles off the bottom of the pan)
The Happy group (looking very happy, too) post-skit!
The Grumpy's are wearing smiles after their awesome skit.
The Sneezy group after a great performance
The Bashfuls, not feeling so bashful anymore after their skit.
The Sneezy's take the stage!
Bashful's blowing the crowd away
Rockin' and rollin' (literally).
Slow start became an exciting ending!
The Grumpy's are not so grumpy anymore
Thanks for reading :)