End of the Road

Wanting a quick look at the ocean we took a small road out of Gautier, Mississippi toward the gulf. The road literally went straight into the water! I wonder if we could get an amphibious car and drive to Cancun!

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Strolling the Streets of New Orleans

I love the contrast of old and new. I found a place on Yelp that gets good reviews so we walked the mile. Hoping for good grub!

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Day 9 - Good Morning! - from New Orleans

Good Morning!. We made it- finally- to New Orleans after a nail biting drive on the I-10 east across Louisiana's Bayous in the dark and pounding rain.

We arrived at the hotel on Canal street in N.O. around 7:30pm which gave us plenty of time to offload our bags to the room and head out to Bourbon street for a nice dinner and some mint juleps.

They say that today the rain may be a problem. However that shouldn't cause an issue for us because we brought a really cool big red umbrella and dont mind a little rain so long as its not a hurricane.

Chyna and i talked on the way here and may be heading south where there seems to be sunshine.

Im trying to talk her into driving to Miami. We shall see. :)

Maybe ill get a chance to use the suntan lotion i brought.

-b

Day 8 - on our way to New Orleans

Speeding along route I-20 through Texas and Louisiana after a late start this morning. We didnt get on the road and leave Dallas until almost 10 am.

The road is wet and well traveled. We are having to fight our way along with all the trucks and families traveling either home or away from home for the holidays.

Chyna is now driving and im using her phone to tether my laptop to and access the internet which seems to be working out nicely.

We really enjoyed our stay at the ranch in Dallas and look forward to returning there on our way home. -- Our gracious thanks to the Nelson family for the hospitality --

However, right now we are dead set on making it to New Orleans and taking a walk along Bourbon street experiencing the French Quarter with mint juleps in our hands. The GPS says we still have 417 miles to go.. at just about 7pm and we should be entering the city limits.

Stay tuned..... Pics of New Orleans life to come!

-b

Day 7 - Ranch life.

What can i say..? this place is beautiful. Its quiet and the winter brings a stillness to the ranch. Peaceful.

Chyna and I went for a nice walk yesterday on the property. We said hello to the horses, fed them and played with General (the dog) a bit. Then we walked out away away from the house about a half a mile and realized that coyotes and wild animals are a real possibility here and that we were easy prey. (I admit we may have been allowing our imaginations to run a little). So we headed back to the house - "quick like".

Tired and dirty from the alfalfa we spent the rest of the day in the comfort and warmth of the house doing laundry, lounging around looking out through the large windows at the vast landscape and discussing our next leg of the journey.

I almost forgot to mention: We did venture into the town of Celina searching for a good place to catch a sandwich. But, that is another story and Ill let Chyna give you her version in another post... :)

-b

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Reminiscent about Amarillo

Big Texan restaurant where they serve 32 and 64 once beers. Everything is bigger in Texas!

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