Saturday, June 21, 2008

Bourbon at Dawn


Everyone down here told us that making until dawn on Bourbon was a necessary experience. Last weekend, we decided to do it. After playing a few games back at the dorm, we left for Bourbon. I think we ended up doing at least a couple of miles of walking that night, but we had nothing better to do. Someone suggested walking to one of the only Arbys in town, but oddly enough, it wasn't open at 5 AM.


We stopped at another food place next door, and started to see one of the first signs of dawn: street cleaners. After the masses leave, city workers with giant hoses drench the streets.

As you can see, there are still a surprising number of people out on the street at 6 AM. (This is also another one of my favorite pictures.)
I really wanted to see the sun rise over the Mississippi River, so we walked a few blocks down to the riverfront.

I think I took about 60 pictures in an hour. The colors were incredible and continuously changing.

We watched as the light filled this cloud, which was originally gray and flat.

Bourbon until dawn. We made it.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Kara, this is fabulous. You have a knack of capturing the spirit and sharing it with the rest of us up here. Very nice.