The Wild Pacific Trail is a circular path that runs along the edge of a spectacular peninsula – it offers fantastic views around every bend. We calculated that our 4 mile walk would take us about an hour like at home. Fat chance! Although it was very cloudy, we found many spots to photograph and put them into an album called 05-11 Wild Pacific Trail at right. We’ll return tommorr0w, with the hopes for a sunny day, to roam, paint and snap pics.

If you want, enjoy a walk at this web site.

Victoria is at the southern end of Vancouver Island, in BC. On the ferry over we met a friendly couple that used to live in Victoria and they recommended that we stay at this RV & Marina Park right smack in the middle of town. Our RV is about 6 ft. from the shore and we look over the bay at the downtown area. Pretty cool site in a pretty cool city! Read on →

Dave picked up Terry Tuesday afternoon at the New Orleans airport. His mother is doing better and he has decided to stay “until the job is done”. It’s great for Dave  – now he can leave the technical details to Terry and get back to writing software and working with the staff.

I miss my play buddy, Sue…

As the weather has warmed up a bit, we are seeing more birds each day as we drive along the shore and cross the Bay bridge – every morning is  a delight! “It would be nice to share this trip with our friends, “I thought. Read on →

Carol and Stacy will be sweating alongside over 75 volunteers as they work together to build their homes. Stacy is a single mom, who teaches middle school. She states that qualifying for a Habitat house has advanced her dream of owning her own home by 10 years! She is thrilled that her daughter’s elementary school is only about a mile away.

Carol, a widow who lives with a handicapped son and grandchild, told me that she is from a very large family – 12 siblings. Of the 150 people among her siblings and their offspring, only 4 houses were livable after Katrina, so we can hardly imagine how over-crowded they were. Now as a cancer survivor, Carol is thrilled and relieved to know that she will have a wonderful home to move into in a month or so.

Although Dave & I have been hunkered down in the Habitat office for the week, working on our respective projects, I took time out to celebrate with the Martin & Stone families on Friday in “the Kil”. Read on →

The next 5 houses are being built in the country, past “The Kil” (aka Kiln).  Read on →

We’ve been very busy – but this past week was an exceptional one on the busy-o-meter. Read on →

This is the very last time we’ll mention Mardi Gras – of course Fat Tuesday is tomorrow….and the French Quarter closes down the partying tomorrow night. Read on →

What an accomplishment for Habitat for Humanity’s 1st disaster response affiliate! Founded 9 months after Katrina, and with strong support from the Jackson, MS. affiliate, this affiliate has much to celebrate – 275 people are now living in safe, simple cottage homes in a little over 3 years. Check out Habitat’s website to read about their accomplishments. Read on →

Two subjects typically dominate initial conversations when meeting people here. While Katrina is understandable, Mardi Gras was a bit tougher for us yankees who had thought that the Mardi Gras celebration occurred one day a year in New Orleans. How little we knew… Read on →

With a prediction of a 70° day and blue skies, Terry, Sue, Dave & I headed to Slidell for the highly recommended 2 hour Honey Island Swamp Tour. Read on →

Terry and Sue are our Camp Coast Care neighbors, Habitat work mates and fellow Dublin, OH residents  – they will be here until the end of February. Although Terry and Dave have been co-house leads on a few houses, and Sue & I have attended the same deep water aerobics for over a year, I think we have become very close travel mates in the last 5 weeks. Terry & Sue have gotten a few chuckles watching the neophyte RVers! Read on →