But Where’s the Water?

All week I have been asking my questions of all the “experienced” trippers. My biggest and often repeated question has been, “But, where did the water come from?” I knew the water came from Lake Ponchartrain, and that it was on the north of town, but in all our drives we never really saw it. Today I got my questions answered and had many “aha” moments.

The lake is huge, and stretches as far as the eye can see, but you have to drive nearly to the lake shore to see it because it is up . . . at a higher elevation from anywhere that we have been. You are never on a hillside looking down on this city. You are in the city looking up at the levees, and you understand that on the other side of that hiss is the river, or a canal, or Lake Ponchartrain. It is so different from home, but seeing it all on our tour finally put me in the picture.  

I now know where the water came from and I have seen the new pumps that will, hopefully keep the lake from over flowing into canals and neighborhoods of homes ever again.

Linda