A Word from Our Drivers

Our wheels for the New Orleans trip have been three Chrysler product minivans. Rather than rely on boring names such as "Van 1", each has acquired a unique name that fits the personalities of its occupants. The first, driven by Tim, is the "FunVee". I think everyone agreed it was the most entertaining of the vans. The second driven by Louann is the "Relaxi-Taxi". Mostly, it's occupants slept. The third, driven mostly by Taylor and Sean, was clearly the "cool van" and was called the Black Widow. Kyle, our ten year old mostly preferred to ride with the cool guys who treated him like a little brother.

We split the drive down to New Orleans into two segments. Day 1 was a 10-hour drive from WMU to Memphis. The route took us down the backbone of Illinois (one very long state), across the Mississippi into Missouri, south to Ar-Kansas, then briefly into Tennessee before arriving at the Comfort Inn in Southaven, MS. Day 2 was a relatively short six hour drive into New Orleans.

While in New Orleans, Tim and Louann primarily acted as cab drivers dropping one fare off at their interview then shuttling a second team to their site, then returning to the first for a pick-up, etc. You get the point. We circled the Louisiana Superdome more times than we can count but also hit iconic New Orleans streets such as St. Charles, Poydras, Magazine, and Elysian Fields.

Thank you to all the drivers and those riding shotgun navigating with the GPS. Coleen will be happy to know our Enterprise vans are scratch free. Posted by Tim

(From left to right: The Fun-Vee, Tim, Chad, The Black Widow, Taylor, The Relaxi-Taxi, Louann & Marcus)