We're tucked into the
most peaceful park we've ever been to, Quiet Oaks. Hidden Oaks was peaceful, but this is
soothing.I hear an owl in a tree, and the crickets are chirping. Dragon flies
were just all over the place, but it's twilight now and I'm sitting outside!
Well, a couple mosquitoes, but nothing like back in Lamar! John heard turkeys
earlier. We're 1/2 mile N. of Fenton off 165 north of
Lake Charles. Louisianna was a huge suprise to us. It is lush with huge trees
and the woods are very thick. I don't know what I expected, but this is wonderful. Everywhere we look it is sooooo clean
and tidy. It's amazing. Did the hurricanes hit this far west of New Orleans. I
suppose they did since they cover huge areas, but there's not much sign of it. The
trees don't show it at all.
Well, maybe I do need
to go in, mosquitoes. We sat outside for at least an hour though, and it's
only now at dusk that they're out.
Anyway, I didn't think
we were ever going to get around Houston. The Galveston Island route was a no
go. The road was closed for construction, we had to turn around and go
back, so we ended up taking 2004 to 147 on up to 10. It seems there just isn't a good way
around Houston, but there was some beautiful scenery. The bridges we went over were incredible. One crossing the W end
of Galveston Bay, then another one on 210 around St. Charles (it was a detour). We stopped by the Welcome station when we entered Louisianna and got a good map and lots of information, so we'll see what we find tomorrow!
