Written By Kelvin Duley
Once again we stumbled upon a tricky situation! This time in Denham Springs, LA and the tricky situation happened to be a FLAT tire! (yeah, it was our fault, not the Ecopia 422′s we have on our car – we ripped it putting the car in the trailer).
“Hooray” is the first thing that popped into my mind when I heard our mentor Brian say “I have a compressor Steve! No, really! I HAVE a compressor!” We laughed at the expression on Steve’s face who was already busy looking for a Firestone store in the close range of where we were.
We headed to Denham Springs to the Firestone store and replaced the tire ($135 and ten minutes later, we were on the road). They were great people and helped us get on the road quickly.
We campaigned on to Covington, LA where we were welcomed by the mayor and a police escort of about 18 police cars (at least it seemed like 18) and were met by a crowd of about 100 great people. Jelani Harris and Paul Smith were our presenters today. After sharing their experiences we all answered good questions from the crowd. I can speak on behalf of the whole MINDDRIVE organization that we were honored to be welcomed in such a great way.
Next for us is Mobile, AL we charged the car at the local Bridgestone store and answered some questions for them and those that stopped by. They offered us a great meeting room, cold beverages and snacks! We had one last presentation with a television interview at Sonic Drive In before heading off to Pensacola.
I’ve heard the beaches there are white as snow and I can’t wait to feel the warm Gulf of Mexico for the first time.