The first full day called for familiarization with New Orleans in general and hurricane-affected areas in particular, starting with a three-hour morning bicycle tour. The team pedaled behind guide Bob Rodrigue through the Quarter, Faubourg Marigny and the Ninth Ward, seeing in the latter many remaining indicators of the flooding five years earlier: residual high water lines and the spray-painted symbols rescue teams used in the first days and weeks following the flooding, designating human and pet occupants, living or dead.
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Information courtesy Crandon Gustafson. Photos courtesy Peter Klick
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