September 2006 Update
Progress slowly continues at Turk's Head. Seems as though the weeds and trees are growing faster than ever now that the grounds are not being maintained and awaiting the arrival of load of sand to cover the mud. The sand guy showed up last Thursday just as I was leaving to travel to Dale's place in Marrero to deliver some things Mae had given to her while she was visiting us in Huntsville. The sandman said he was just checking to see if I still needed the sand as he was getting ready to bring some over the next day, Friday. I told him to bring it on and I would be back from Marrero Friday about noon. I came back on time, but the sandman never showed up. Par for the course.
The new carport was in place when I arrived Tuesday. I checked the workmanship before I left and found that the carport was not quite straight. It was level but leaning about 4 or 5 inches, maybe more, at the top toward the camper. The installers incorrectly positioned the corner braces at the top. So the braces have to be removed and re-positioned to lock the supports vertical. I discussed this with my neighbor and he will fix it while I'm gone. Then he will move the camper to the carport and hook up the sewer. The water and electricity are now in place so that's the last thing needed to make the camper comfortable and protected from the overhead weather. Next, after I get the grounds to the point that they can be maintained, I can think about how far I want to go on rebuilding.
Spent Thursday evening at Dale's place. While we were leaving to go out to eat dinner, the boy she has cutting her lawn had overfilled the oil in the mower and it was smoking badly. So we stopped and dumped some oil out and got the mower working properly. During this time, some gun shots went off and Dale said that is common now in the greater New Orleans area. There are about 5 to 10 people a day shot. She desperately wants to leave the area but still has a house to put on the market and a couple of other personal things that first need to be attended to.
After returning to the camp Friday, I took the honey supers off the hives at Saucier and fixed them for the winter. Then Saturday morning I did the same at the hives at Necaisse then continued on to home at Alabama. Next week, between taking Mae to the Doctor's, the Senior Center, the grocery store and whatever, I will ultimately do the same to the hives here in Huntsville, then extract the harvest.