Day 15 - Leaving New Orleans for real this time

We go back to the lower 9th ward and speak to volunteers from lowernine.org. We also stop at Cafe Reconcile and speak to the foundation's coordinator and a participant. Cafe Reconcile is a Zagat's rated restaurant in New Orleans, its mission is to give teens the skillset to work within the service industry.

We set off to go to Austin, TX at dusk. At the border of Louisiana and Texas - Lake Charles, Tracy wakes up and finds a voicemail from a friend of LAFCO, director Oliver Stone. He just wrapped his film "W" in Shreveport, LA and invited us to the wrap party the next evening.

We make a detour north. In the town immediately north of Lake Charles, Moss Bluff, we stop for gas. After filling up, the bus won't start. A filling on the air compressor has busted.

There is no 24 hour mechanic in the area. We meet Moss Bluff locals our age and talk until the wee hours of the morning. The next morning, Joe the mechanic comes and fixes the air compressor part. He informs us that we have a transmission leak. And our brake lights are not working. He can't fix either, we deem this not that urgent and set off.