Great run and MUCH more!

Well it was another good day (or a HOUSA day for those who remember this post--I guess it should now be a HON day).

As I mentioned yesterday, today we worked at Beauvoir and learned that I do not have the patience to be an escavator. We did find a few artifacts (mini-balls, crystal bottle stopper, and bits and pieces of other things) but not that many (those before us had gotten most of them!). However, we did finish with that section of the clean up (the Confederate Soldiers Museum and Gift Shop) and had an interesting lecture on Jefferson Davis, the museum, and the future (they optimistically hope to open in 2008 for Jefferson Davis' 200th Birthday.

Got done a tad early so I had time for a better than normal run. It was really warm :) Really humid :) :) and speed workout :) :) :) Best run I have ever had in Biloxi. :) :) :):)

Dinner was good. The vegetarian fare was tofu stir fry :) everyone else had fried chicken. Then we were on "clean-up" for dinner. Yeah!!! uh, no. Not fun. By the time we were done it was "lights out". Oh well. I can type in the dark :)

Tomorrow (the Fourth of July--Independence Day) is a half day of work. Because of dinner clean-up the sign up board was filled by the time we got done, so I am not sure what the day will bring. I am guessing Mold!

Then several options ranging from sleep to a cook-out and ending with Fireworks. We might try to get over to Bay St. Louis to see Beau and crew, but I am not sure yet.

Assorted other random topics ;)
Janos is back...big crew came in today. Up to about 100 people...there are now bunk beds upstairs...also quite a few are leaving tomorrow...this brought many very moving (and tearful) good byes--there should be a book of the good-byes!!

...after the Beauvoir clean-up, we stopped where a couple were selling watermelons out of their pick-up truck. Watermelon were 3 for $10. We got talking and told him we were working with Handson and he immediately began giving us more watermelon. By the time we pulled away we had 8 watermelon and a new friend :)...
I am not a fan of Air Conditioning...saw many bull frogs in a small nearby stream...we are staying on part of what was Jefferson Davis' land...the headline story in the SunHerald today was stressed that while many of the local beaches are open, much caution should be observed as debris is still a major issue both on shore and in the water....oh and an interesting article on the local Catholic Bishop's request that everyone plant a tree on August 29th to commemorate the Anniversary of Katrina coming ashore. Good idea! Maybe we could make it nation-wide!..be sure to check out the HandsonNetwork Gulfcoast blog! It is really good!

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