Things are still good in the Baccus house. Ronny has done a lot of work clearing leaves and branches, and getting the downed fence stacked up. We still are counting our blessings that our property wasn't further damaged. There are certainly a lot of people out there who aren't quite as fortunate. Most of our friends seemed to have fared as well as we did.
We no longer have to boil our water and more and more places have power. There are still plenty that don't. Earlier in the week, we stopped at a distribution point and got a couple bags of ice, a case of bottled water, and a case of MREs. We didn't really need to food, but I couldn't resist getting a case of MREs. Ronny and I picked each picked out an MRE to have for dinner. I have to say, my jambalaya tasted like dog food. Ronny's beef enchiladas were a strange texture with a stranger sauce, but his refried beans were pretty good. The drinks and desserts were OK in each pack. MRE's have 1200-1300 calories, so I guess if half of it tastes too bad to eat, you are still getting enough calories for a full meal.
Ronny and Jack went grocery shopping a few days ago. There were limits on how much meat and milk you could get and I think they got the last loaf of bread. The lines weren't too long, though, and we were thrilled to have milk and cheese again. I'm hoping to restock later today and maybe even get some eggs.
Driving around is a bit sad. Today I saw a newly cut tree stump that was about 20" in diameter. That's quite a big tree to fall. Most of the fallen trees are the tall pine trees. Some are snapped off in the middle of the trunk. I don't think I will be planting any of those in my yard anytime soon. On Wednesday, we drove around the lake and saw boats all over the places - in parking lots, on sidewalks, sunk in the marinas.
Getting around is a bit of a challenge with most of the stoplights still not working. We are quickly learning which intersections to avoid.
Yesterday, we all went to the Downtown Aquarium. I saw online that they were offering $5 tickets to see all of the attractions. Our wristbands said, "Ike Promo". We went on a shark train ride, rode the carousel, had lunch in front of a 150,000 gallon fish tank, and toured through the aquarium adventure, which ends with a white tiger. It was a fun couple of hours.
This morning we went to Monkey N Around. The boys enjoyed getting out of the house and playing with a new set of toys. We went to Double Dave's pizza buffet afterwards and Charlie scarfed down several pieces of pizza, while Jack Sprat ate some pizza crust. Strange kid.
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