Nearly 1000 miles

We have completed nearly 1000 miles of our trip. So far so good! We started out at 9:00 this morning and arrived in Livingston, TX around 4:00 this afternoon. Oh I can't tell you how great it is to be in Texas once again. David asked me if I wanted to pull over and kiss the ground when we crossed the state line and believe me I was tempted. I love Texas! What can I say??? We drove through southern Louisiana today before arriving in Texas. All along our trip we have been able to see the damage from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, even after all this time. We crossed the mighty Mississippi River today.

the Mississippi River

the Mississippi River

the bridge over the Mississippi River

While traveling thru Louisisana I took a couple of pictures for some friends of mine. Kristi you will enjoy this one. Did you know there was an Iowa in Louisiana?


And Davy, this one is for you. Can you imagine an entire bay of whiskey???


I-10 thru the Louisiana bayou is one very, very long bridge over the swamps. Miles and miles of this then check out the bridge! WOW!! It looks like a bridge to nowhere. YIKES!!!!





David drove like a pro. I-10 is still pretty messed up from Katrina and Rita damage. It was a bumpy ride in a lot of spots. Doesn't he look confident?


Millenni and Oreo traveled in the back seat of the truck. I made Millenni a nice perch and she loves riding back there sitting up high so she can see out the windows. Both she and Oreo have traveled so well. Poor Oreo has to ride in her carrier cage. She is not big into riding. She hates having to get into the cage so it is a fight each day as we start out. I wasn't able to get a good photo of her in the cage from my seat but you can see part of her cage next to Millenni in this photo. You haven't lived until you try putting a cat into a cage!



AHHHH.... we finally reach paradise once again! Have I ever mentioned just how much I love Texas???


Driving today we saw the strangest looking thing. It was a large white egert walking along the interstate. We have seen a ton of them on the trip but they are normally in a wet area. This one was no where near any water we could see and it was walking right along the road like it knew where it was going. I laughed and told David that even the egert was on his way to Texas!

We went on a geo-caching adventure this afternoon and located the cache. What fun!

So ends another day. Tomorrow David has to take the truck in for inspection and is going to get his Texas drivers license. I already have mine. And we both need to get out voter registration cards. I filled out the forms to get a new one for my new address here but never received it and I definitely want it to be able to vote!