Little Rock

The ride in to Little Rock had some great back-country roads. After lunch, we stopped at the Dairy Mart for some ice cream (at 10 am) and got a ice cream cone dipped in chocolate for $1.25 – great deal. The last part of the ride, in North Little Rock sucked. The road was absolutely awful – it could compete with any road in Detroit as being the worst. We made in to Little Rock and after a quick shower with the hose, we headed to the riverfront for some food (a lot of what we do revolves around food). Dinner was prepared by Scott, a member of the church, who did an awesome job, preparing all of our breakfasts and dinners.

Working hard at the Rebuild Store (Renee pulling Maura and I on a pallet jack)

We had 2 build days in Little Rock. The first day we split up, with half going to a build site to prep the area to set a house that had already been constructed, and the other half went to the ReStore. There we helped organize the inventory. Maura, Renee, David and I were responsible for mixing donated cans of paint and marking the color on the top of the lid. A couple of lids were not on all the way, so as the machines was spinning them, paint was flying everywhere. Whoops.

The 2nd day was a deconstruction day, where we tore out stuff from a house that was going to be demolished (molding / appliances / anything that could be sold at the ReStore). I spent much of the day getting the nails out of the wood that we had ripped out, as I was able to be outside, in the shade. The news did a story about us, and the clip can be seen here. You may notice I have a lot of camera time…I was trying my best to get in as many shots as possible. I am wearing silver shorts with a blue stripe, if that helps you pick me out (and silver bike shoes). The link to the video is here:

http://www.todaysthv.com/video/default.aspx?aid=68558

Habitat also hooked us up with tickets to the Travelers (AA) baseball game, which was a lot of fun. I got to meet a couple of southern gals, Kathleen and Lauren, who were very entertaining. Lauren tried to convince me that she had class, since she was wearing a dress. Talking with them was a lot more entertaining than watching the game.