Day 2: New Orleans
Gooooooood morning from the Bashfuls!!
We had a early and wet morning at 6am. We were all up and ready on time so nobody had to get licked today! After we got everything packed up, we were off to Alabama!!
We started our day by driving through Auburn University, which is where our first time change was. We drove by the Shelby Center, took a group photo in front of the sign, and got to hear more about Alabama and Auburn from Graham and Leila! We used the clock tower to set our clocks back one hour.
We stopped at the Walmart near the university, where they had tons of Auburn gear for us to look through. Some of us were excited to get shirts cause we didn't pack enough :) The cooks got some delicious muffins from the world-class Walmart bakery for our yummy road breakfast.
Putting up all of our states!
After a gloomy van ride, the cooks served us our delicious, five-star meal of muffins and bananas. During the ride, people bonded while making beaded friendship bracelets and playing numerous fun card games.
For lunch, we had filling chicken wraps with caesar dressing on our way to crossing the Alabama- New Orleans state lines! As we drove past he stunning hills and over the shimmering lakes of Alamabra we set our eyes on a large city as our last big stop. In New Orleans we were introduced to a large church and the bustling streets of the city, we even cheered on a man playing the trumpet!
As the groups started to disperse after all of our group pictures, everyone went in each of their own directions in their groups. Everyone so was excited to roam the streets so one group went to an outdoor/indoor restaurant that had a live band, and New Orleans famous gumbo and crocodile bites, while another group sat down, almost all of the other groups went out to explore all of the gift shops. All of a sudden, when everyone was starting to go towards the bus and vans, it started to downpour on everyone. As everyone arrived to the transports, we all to dry off and attempt to warm up after the rain. Then, we began our trip to the Taj Mahal.
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On our way to our place for the night, we drove over the largest bridge in America, Lake Pontchartrain, which is 24 miles in total! We arrived at the "Taj Mahal" shortly after, finally dry and all warmed up. We began to take our things to our rooms and then began preparing a dance per group for the song "Dixieland Delight" by Alabama.
We had a late night dinner that consisted of hotdogs, salad, and potatoes. After that we got our awesome TWB merch!! We held off our dance competition to another night so the cooks could get some more practice and we could all get to showers and bed. The showers were so nice! We ended our night in big rooms with bunk beds and A/C!!
See ya tomorrow in Texas!!!
We are having a blast!!
The Bashfuls; Larkin, Graham, Ella, Alannah, George, Katelyn, Isabella, Luca, Brady, Maddie, Kelsey, Zander, Lauren, and Lindsey!
