Celebrating Strength!

We knew we were close to our destination. Streets followed names such as Bayou Drive…buildings were constructed on stilts around the levees…restaurants utilized vintage boats for dining rooms….and the air was thick with humidity and odor. The odor hung everywhere …the hotel, Starbucks…everywhere… as if the entire area was sitting inside of an auto mechanic’s garage. In the dark, the oil refineries glisten as Oz’s Crystal City does, but they represent reality not fiction. This is where you find hard working people performing tough, unpleasant jobs to put food on the family table. Most are proud of their work and happy to have a job. This...