After a nice breakfast we left the New Orleans RV Resort exactly at checkout (11 AM) and headed to Costco to get gas and have an extended shopping excursion while we met my friend Mordi from grad school (his undergrad).
We had sort of pinged each other over the years but not had an extensive conversation. Ironically roughly the year he graduated was the year I hurt my back and he was super helpful in finding me a local surgeon (as he grew up in La Jolla) and was important in getting me fixed then. Now 30 years later its my neck and I'm about in as bad a shape as then....
We had a fantastic lunch at Tal's Hummis and tried to sort of catch up on three decades of activity. At least it was a good attempt! We got to meet each other's families and discover that between the four adults, at least, we had a lot of nibbling at the edges of each other's professional activity which was very cool. Also some catching up on what we had heard from other alumni friends.
Mordi had long ago sent us a box of Mardi Gras beads when the kids were little and they are still floating around the house and getting used from time to time for dress up or costumes.
After lunch we Lyfted back (Uber was congested), enjoyed seeing another neighborhood and the great architecture along the boulevard. Then we finished our shopping at Costco. And then it was time to say goodbye to New Orleans and start the treck to Texas!
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