So after the icebreakers and safety talks, a guy came in to talk about affordable housing in Virginia Beach, which I won't delve in to. But it was pretty interesting to hear about how vacation hot spots vary in their poverty housing status--during the winter a lot of the motels are cheap so the homeless use them, but then during the summer the prices spike and the former tenants are back on the street.
So after that presentation, the group painted the trailer (photos will come eventually) and bonded some more, and later that night George played the guitar for us. It was truly a bizarre experience. And then we all blew up our thermarests and experienced our first night sans pillows and real bedding!
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