We finished some leftovers for breakfast and headed over to Cheapos to see if we could find any more CDs to listen to for the rest of the trip. We picked up a handful (anybody care what we got?) and headed over to Crescent City Beignets since we missed stopping in New Orleans.

Brenda napped again in the afternoon, and we chatted with Mary into the evening.

Brenda says she is feeling better, maybe 90%.

We woke up and had breakfast at The Original Pancake House. From there we headed over to Nature’s Treasures, to see if they had any rocks, minerals, crystals, etc. that we liked. We each bought several items. It was Brenda’s first time at the shop, and she really enjoyed it.

After that, we headed home for naps, then had dinner with Mary and chatted and watched TV.

Brenda had a sore/dry throat this morning, but it got better. She slept late.

Harlan had a “working” lunch with Nancy Pierson, which involved a Bowen treatment for his shoulder.

The afternoon was restful, and Harlan upgraded the blog software.

We spent the evening with Mary, chatting and watching TV.

It looks like we’ll be here at least a few more days’ time.

More relaxing today, and we left the house in the afternoon to see some wildflowers and visit the giant new Whole Foods in the center of town. Very impressive store.

Brenda got tired after the shopping and decided to stay in and nap while Harlan, Tom, and Mary met with Richard (who worked with Tom) for dinner at Houstons. After dinner we all came back to the house for conversation.

Had brunch with Tom at “Manny Hattans”, a NY deli near the house. This is pretty much the first time Brenda has been out of the house in nearly a week. Great weather again today.

The CD scan of the first of two rolls of recently-developed film finally uploaded, so there are now 2 new pictures in the “Starved Rock” album, along with a bunch of new pictures in the “Chimney Rock” and “Pinehurst” albums.

The pictures from the 2nd roll should finish uploading by later tonight and I’ll get those posted when I can.

OK, the 2nd roll is done. New pictures in “Corkscrew Swamp” and at the end. I’m having problems learning to focus the new camera for things that are relatively close. It may also be because I am using a slower-speed film as in sufficient light it gives much better color and “grain”.

Another day of R&R. Brenda is continuing to improve, and still takes frequent naps and eats
healthy stuff.

Harlan picked up the pictures today (more from Chimney Rock and Pinehurst, and also Corkscrew)
and they are taking a while to upload (they are Big). Some of the pictures were not in the best
focus, probably because the light was a bit low and therefore the depth-of-field wasn’t very
“deep”. But you will get to judge soon.

Brenda still wants to rest, reflect and get well.

Harlan visited with some friends today.

Another day of R&R for Brenda. Harlan dropped off some film and a local camera store so there might be more pictures to upload this weekend.

Another restful day. Brenda is feeling a litte better today, but she still gets tired easily and likes to nap several times a day. Harlan met with friends for dinner (Kate and Gary) at Elsie’s (new location).

I’d describe the dinner in lovely detail, but Kate sometimes reads the blogs and has already commented on how much we seem to focus on food in these things!

We woke up a bit after 10 and headed off for breakfast at the Original Pancake House. From there we ran errands (some mail, getting the spare tire fixed) and then headed back to Tom and Mary’s so Brenda could have a good nap.

We had a quiet dinner and chatted with Mary (Tom was working in Houston today).

That’s about it, as far as I can remember.