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| Aunt Mary/Niece Tracie |
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The Mississippi River as seen
from the Baton Rouge Bridge |
Saturday, July 2 had us driving from Shreveport, to Gonzales, LA (40-50 miles south of Baton Rouge) ...where we met my niece, Tracie, for lunch at Cracker Barrel. After lunch we went across the street and checked into a "La Quinta" hotel where we spent several hours chatting and playing 'catch up' - wonderful time and so proud of what Tracie has done for herself under difficult situations. We left in the morning determined to make it to Monroe, GA (800+ miles) where we will spend the next 2 weeks with good friends from California
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Entering Louisiana
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After driving through Louisiana and driving through my middle sister's ex-hometown of Slidell, LA (remember when it was so flooded by the hurricane's a few years ago?) we headed into Mississippi. Mississippi was one of the 7 states I had never been to and was on our 'bucket list' to visit. Lots of southern hostility, green grass and wide open spaces welcomed us. We drove over bridges crossing the Mississippi River several times.
The Interstate 10 through Louisiana and Mississippi also led us into 'Sweet Home Alabama'. Another pretty state with much greenery, long highways to drive and beautiful wide open spaces. We got off on the I-65 (I believe) which led us into mid-Georgia...keeping trekking along and figuring we were almost to our destination (Monroe, just southeast of Atlanta). We were getting pretty tired by this time 8.5 hours on the road is a LONG time. We made it by 7:30pm! Sondra had a wonder supper for us, we did a little visiting and then off to bed for a good night sleep!
More pictures will be added to this post tomorrow (they haven't been uploaded to the computer yet).
Howard and Mary
The Wandering Warrens
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