Today was a full travel day. We got up and spent the morning getting everything packed up then left around 11:00 and spent the day traveling. We didn't have the route planned in advance and just used the map to decide what roads to take. We prefer traveling on the back country roads when possible and found Hwy 77 to be absolutely a beautiful choice. We both wished we had the time to take a road like that all the way but we reluctantly ended up on I-10 to Houston. I never have liked that city and traveling thru it today only proved it once again. It is not a pretty place. Lots of road construction thru the city and lots of traffic and nothing pleasing to the eye. We stopped for the night in Vinton, Louisana, just 8 miles over the state line. It had been a long travel day for us and we had wanted to make it to Lake Charles before stopping but since we were both exhausted we decided to stop at this RV park for the night. It is a nice park just off of I-10 and will be easy to get back on the road in the morning. Tomorrow will be another full day of travel. We want to make it to Florida and spend tomorrow night there. I only have one photo to post from today. As I mentioned before, Hwy 77 was so beautiful. It is what you think of Texas farm land looking like but the real beauty was in all of the wildflowers. Texas has the most beautiful wildflowers you can imagine and as far as we could see on Hwy 77 there were flowers in full bloom in all sorts of colors. I tried taking pictures thru the windshield but most of them are fuzzy. I did manage to get one that came out well enough to share. Unfortunately the colors are not as vivid as they were in real life. After trying several shots I decided to give up and just enjoy the scenery and not worry about pictures. I need to go thru all the photos I have taken while on this trip and will post more of them in the coming days as I have time. I think we'll be going to bed early tonight and get rested up for tomorrow's travels. We plan to drive thru New Orleans tomorrow and see how that city is shaping up after Katrina.
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