Good morning. 🌊🪸🐚

24 March 2026

We’re going to pile into the car and head south this morning to Lake Charles, Louisiana. It’s just off I‑10 and sits right on the edge of the wetlands—what we call the bayou in Louisiana. But we won’t be going for birding or anything like that. Today it’s the wonderful world of shopping, and of course we’ll stop somewhere for lunch. Where we live, the choices are limited, though we do have a Taco Bell.

I’m going to keep it short this morning because I have a feeling the day is about to get moving quickly.

I haven’t even grabbed my hearing aids yet. But you know what—sometimes the extra quiet in the morning keeps me more at ease than hearing every little click and crinkle around me. A thing about hearing aids is that even if they don’t help you understand people any better, they definitely pick up all the annoying sounds like knocks and squeaks.

That’s enough gibberish for this morning. I hope you have a good day.

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” — Lao Tzu

“The morning steals upon the night, melting the darkness.” — Shakespeare

“I am a little deaf now. Without my hearing aids in, I miss a lot of peripheral sounds.” — Roger Taylor

“Wake up and be awesome!” — Code Hostel Edinburgh

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