After rescheduling flights several times, I finally ended up being able to fly out of Mobile last evening and arrived home about 10:30 p.m. We left Biloxi about 1 p.m., hoping we might find gas more available further east. That turned out to be true. We arrived in Mobile about 2:30 and went straight to Sam's Club. The wait for gas was just about an hour; not bad, considering the four+ hour wait in Biloxi. The price was remarkable, too; they'd run out of regular unleaded, and premium was about $2.53/gal. Cheap! Then we went into Sam's and found an ATM working so mom got enough cash to get her by, 40 lbs. of dog food, 6 gallons of water, and lots of other supplies. It was a very productive trip, to say the least. My flight left at 5:45 p.m. I hated to leave, and probably wouldn't have if I didn't have to work. Even though my work is usually very mobile, it does require power and internet connection, neither of which we had. Until... Mom says her power (and internet!) came back on a bit after 8 p.m., too, which was a major blessing.
I have too many photos to post, so if you want to see them, click the link HERE to the CostCo/Snapfish site and create a (free) login (if you don't already have one) to view the Katrina photos. Some of the pics are from my cell phone, thus the poor quality. You'll probably be able to tell which are from my good digital and which are from the phone.
Thank you so much to all who cared and prayed and called and wished the best for us. We were very comfortable inside the hospital (relative to those outside).
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