Day of Transition

Today was a "Day of Transition". We got on the road in Victoria, Texas, just North of Corpus Christie about 9:00, which is early for us. We drove North across the Southeast Texas Coastal Plain . . . very flat terrain mostly covered with scrub growth and Mesquite trees . . . and not heavily populated except for a few cows.


We then went through Houston . . . right through the center of town at mid-day on Sunday . . . so we were not in heavy traffic. From the metropolitan area of Houston, we turned East on Interstate 10 and drove through the East Texas oil & gas refinery area into Louisiana, America's Wetland. Louisiana is certainly a contrast with Texas, especially South Texas in the Rio Grande Valley where we have been parked for almost four months.







We stopped early for the night at Cypress Bend RV Park in Iowa, Louisiana, just East of St. Charles, a little over 200 miles from New Orleans. This is a fairly small RV Park right on Interstate 10, but a very complete and a very pleasant place to stop for the night.

We are far enough off the Interstate so we don't have a lot of noise, we have a large concrete pad on which to park The Bus, a nice concrete patio area, cable TV, and free wifi. So, here we are with an evening to just lay back, relax, and enjoy the nice weather after a day on the road.

Carole is preparing a Shrimp Louie Salad for dinner, which we will enjoy with the second bottle of wine. "Life is Good".

But today has definitely been a "Day of Transition" . . . from Palm trees through Mesquite to Southern Pine, from a Mexican environment to Cajun surroundings, from arid irrigated farm fields to fields flooded by recent rains, from dry creek beds to swollen creeks, from Gulf Beaches to muddy bayous, from signs in Spanish to signs in French, from obnoxious fast driving Texans in big new shinny pickup trucks to slow driving Cajuns in old muddy pickups oblivious to other traffic. Yes, this has been a "Day of Transition"!