A few final observations and thoughts as we fly home. We have an early flight that connects in Salt Lake City and gets us into Spokane just afternoon. This will give us some time to get ready for the week and begin washing all the dirty clothes from the trip.
An observation that we had in New Orleans was the quick use of car horns
. Hesitate a millisecond at a green light and you get a beep from the car behind. Other times when traffic is jammed someone lays on the horn thinking that BEEEEEPPPPPP will somehow magically clear the traffic jam. Well late last night a former football player (Will Smith) and his wife were shot right behind the coffee shop where we ate lunch yesterday. A minor bump on the car in front of his resulted in a road rage incident where a nut job shots two people over a scratched bumper. Unfortunately Mr Smith died, his wife has two bullet wounds to her leg. So Big Easy calm down and take it easy.
Till the next travel adventure, stay calm.
And now the rest of the story... Mr Smiths SUV was rear ended by a Hummer H2 driven by the shooter. The shooters father was shot and killed by a police officer a few years ago. Mr Smith had dinner with the police officer the evening he was shot. So it looks like the shooter was targeting the police officer who shot his father, but shot Mr Smith instead. So not a random road rage incident as initial reports.
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Sunday, April 10, 2016
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