Jenn and Mindy were happy to see us arrive back at the hanger.Jenn, Mindy and Roy had been busy while we were gone. They had moved a tractor to face t...e open hanger doors. We would be standing watch there during the night. In the office, they had boarded up the windows and had a fire going in the small wood stove. Dinner was in the processes of being cooked.During dinner, we described what we had seen. No one had much to say, except the women, who said it did not seem like we would have much. Climbing aboardin my miniskirt and paying the driver out of my handbag with hairfalling beside my face - it all fitted together so naturally, yet wasall so new to me! I looked shyly along the bus, which was only half-full, so I wouldn't have to sit next to anyone. Only the women werelooking at me and again I found myself disappointed. I had to remindmyself that I was just an ordinary young woman. I sat near the front,by a window, with my shopping on the empty seat beside me.As I peeked into the. And when she wore heels she towered over me. Together we made quite the pair.I was playing at her Homecoming dance, to which she went stag, spending all of her time watching me. A few guys who came stag hit on her, but she proudly announced that she was with the drummer. Between songs she would blow me kisses or bring me a soft drink. After the dance we went to her friend’s party and spent the night in the basement rec room, necking under a table with a tablecloth that almost touched the. I lost just enough to learn a lesson that I never again needed to learn. It was in many ways, a cheap lesson. Such was New Orleans.I spent enough time to tire of the frivolities of New Orleans before taking a paddleboat north. The riverboat stopped at nearly every little berg along the river. I took the opportunity to talk to many settlers and learn of their desires for the future and opinions. The cities flowed by: Clairborne, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg, Greenville, Rosedale, and Memphis named.