Natchez Trace

It's Saturday and north of Jackson, MS, we have diverted off the interstate onto the Natchez Trace for a few miles. Here we stopped at a site overlooking the Ross Barnett Reservoir.

Bill and June McGown

We spent part of Friday with Bill and June McGown, former Charleston residents now living in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. In the photo they indicate the height reached by the water during hurricane Katrina. Bill and June treated us to lunch and a tour of the Ocean Springs and Biloxi gulf coast.

Ocean Springs, MS

Tonight we're staying near Ocean Springs, MS, after driving back through New Orleans and eastward. A large portion of our travel in late afternoon east of New Orleans was in the rain. Better weather tomorrow, we hope.

Elevator

One panel on the elevator doors at Louisiana's capitol building depicts Henry Clay Warmoth and four other governors. H. C. Warmoth is the second from the right.

Baton Rouge

We left New Orleans at 9:30 this morning and backtracked to Baton Rouge, where we are visiting the state capitol.

Lafayette Park

After this afternoon's PolioPlus workshop, where John and Sue Behrendt of Litchfield received special recognition for their contribution to polio eradication, Barbara and are playing hooky from the closing plenary session. Instead we are amidst a crowd of local residents gathered in Lafayette Park for an open air concert sponsored by the New Orleans Saints and others. The U. S. Navy Brass Band of New Orleans was the warmup act, and the featured artist will take the stage soon.

On To Bangkok

At Wednesday's plenary session and again at the "On to Bangkok" luncheon, incoming Rotary International President Kalyan Banerjee of the Rotary Club of Vapi, Gujarat, India, encouraged Rotarians to join him at next year's convention in Bangkok, Thailand.