On the Road from Navasota to New Orleans 2 / 17-18 /12

We left Navasota at around 4 PM on Friday afternoon with a naïve plan to bypass Houston by circling around the city on 2 lane roads heading for Galveston. It was a rainy Friday night. . . . Need I say more? What a mistake. We sat in traffic for like ever and finally, finally made it out of the greater Houston area. After a quick stop for some take out at a good Jewish grocery chain,

(Ok so it really stands for "here everything is better" but it still sounds like a bigoted ethnic slur to me)

we decided to spend our first night at America’s favorite free RV park.

Is this art or what? I shot this at around one AM with my tripod. . . .

Other than the truck noise, train noise that shook the MPG and the spotlights it was a bucolic spot and the bathrooms were open all night . . . . Sweet.

These tracks were about 75 feet from the MPG. . . . .whoops 

The next morning we headed towards the Galveston ferry. It started raining in the morning again and never stopped for 10 hours. The Galveston ferry was almost flooded and the roads were impassible but we found alternate routes and finally made it across the Bay. Unfortunately our scenic drive along the Gulf coast was obliterated by the endless rain and low visibility.

By four PM we were toast and decided to stop for a minute in Beaux Bridge Louisiana for what our food guide claimed were the best beignets in America. Well they were sold out but we did get the suggestion of an alternative route that made our final push to New Orleans a treat. The rain tapered off and as we listened to a local radio station playing New Orleans style R&B we were welcomed by this sight, our own double rainbow straddling Louisiana Highway 90. 

As my daughter would say. "What the Heck!" this is way too cool. I guess we were headed the right way 

Shortly after this we drove past our first swamp and next we drove by our daughter’s own town . . . .

iphone shot

and finally made it to our New Orleans RV park site at 10PM. Oh my!