Hey y'all,

I finished my internship at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. I love, love, loved the Sonoran Desert but life on the border was extremely interesting...interesting as in "may you live in interesting times". I really get a kick out of these internships and since the economy is conspiring to keep me underpaid for the near future I am going with the flow, the flow to Louisiana to learn fire effects monitoring in the bayou!

And wow, is it different here. Thanks to corporate america there are some key anchor points (starbucks, McDonald's, etc.) but there is nothing quite like seeing your first swamp or houses on stilts, or miles and miles of smashed up mobile homes.

My living situation isn't quite as sweet as the little house in Organ Pipe National Monument (I had two excellent roommates) but it is next to the Pearl River and rather relentlessly green. It's a good thing I had the Sonoran desert as a stepping stone to the Bayou, from the Mojave desert to the Louisiana swamplands would have been overwhelming.

Here are a few pictures:

picasaweb.google.com/lrwxyz/Louisiana

of the area where I am living. I'll try to get some more when (if!) it stops raining. I hope you are all well. I miss tribe desperately, living in these tiny bygone areas can feel pretty lonesome after awhile. I hope I'm able to reconnect though it does seem tribe is a little slowwww these days.