Monday -
The day started earlier than planned because a cold front had moved in with some high winds. We had to close windows and retract awnings at 6am.
We left the park at 9am and spent the day wrestling with stiff cross-winds during the 390 mile drive to Sulphur, LA (a few miles west of Lake Charles). The routes were I-37 to 77 to 59 to 8 to I-10. Sounds pretty simple until you realize the I-10 part took us through the center of Houston (at 3pm) and Beaumont (at 5pm).
We were concerned about effects of the hurricanes. We saw damage from Houston all the way into Lousiana. Broken signs, damaged roofs, uprooted trees were visible from the highway. We saw more highway construction on this 100 mile stretch than everything combined since we left Columbus on September 25th.
Tidbit - I-10 runs 881 miles through Texas (El Paso to Beaumont).
We've been exploring TX since September 30th. It's loaded with treasures and was full of wonderful surprises for us
We're at the Hidden Ponds RV Park. Our current plan is to spend 3 or 4 days in LA, then head across the gulf coast to Pensacola, to Atlanta, then home by November 11th.
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