Getting to Work Off Site

Ron Here,

The yellow ninjas as we have come to be known went out in force today! One group of about 8 of us went to Pete's Place just down the road to do some gutting in preparation for plumbing, wiring and eventually drywall. Everyone jumped right to work pulling down ceilings and cleaning up debris. An interesting note is that this building had already been "gutted" but still needed some more work. I took on the special task of re-framing a door way that had rotted out (probably pre-Katrina). My prior experience in carpentry came in handy.

Another group (about 7 of us) went to the "FEMA Camp" at Diamond to work with the children there.

In the evening, almost all of us (minus only two) took a drive even further south to the harbor town of Venice. (Sport fishing capital of LA). We stopped alongside the marshes on the way down and took photos of an awesome sunset and also gave several TN folks their first look at an alligator in the wild.

Well, tommorrow is the last work day before we head back to the mountains! Our plan is to get Pete's place to a good stopping point and get packed and ready to go.