Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Sunday we attended the Westbank 1st Branch in Harvey, near New Orleans (yes our 3rd branch--who would have guessed?). Relief Society had about 15 present and priesthood about 20.
We went on a wonderful hike in the Jean Lafitte National Historic Park & Preserve through a swamp.  It had some walkways and bridges built over the swamp.  It was fun.
Today we went to visit the Vicksburg National Battlefield Military Monument. It was a stunning experience. We drove through the 16 mile drive pretty much in silence contemplating the awful events that took place on that landscape. 20,000 Americans lost their lives there and there were monuments everywhere to depict the locations of the forces and battles.
There was also the remains of the USS Cairo - an Ironclad that was sunk by a mine and recovered a few decades ago. The whole experience was incredible.

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