Photos, mostly from moving car, top to bottom: Mobile AL; Mississippi; Mississippi Visitor Center (a genuinely classy place, a bit colonial); Baton Rouge LA; Atchafalaya NWA LA (from a causeway that went for many miles over this very large NWA).
Our drive yesterday confirmed that we must press on, burning miles with little opportunity to investigate the things the route has to offer. This is sad.
We left Wal-Mart at 9 AM continuing west through Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and to 40 miles short of Texas before camping in Vinton, Louisiana, about 4:30 PM. Touring consisted of our first visit to a Cracker Barrel, a home-cooking restaurant favored by RVers. Excellent RV parking, OK food. Might be fun to try for a breakfast.
Otherwise, the only thing of interest was the decline in the quality of the pine trees bordering the freeways as we went west. Some of this was Katrina damage – trees broken off several feet above the ground, other trees bare of branches, fields with few trees still standing. Our campground in Vinton only recently reopened because of storm damage. But the casinos are back – they make up at least half the signs along the freeways, and certainly 90% of the newer signs.
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