Driving into Louisiana

Drove from Beaumont, TX to New Orleans, got a late start, so didn't get here until this evening. We're so excited to be here and can't wait to go exploring tomorrow. Beautiful weather 73 or so.
Kind of scary not knowing where to stay, definitely want to make sure we're in a good neighborhood. People camping next to us are from Fontana, CA

Whataburger, Cracker Barrel and the Waffle House are sure popular here



Wish our freeway lanes were all marked like this, when the freeways transition, no doubt what lane you're supposed to be in
Going over the bridge across the Mississippi River

Louisiana freeway - so green, so many trees, beautiful

So much water - 18 mile bridge over the water to going towards New Orleans

and more water........

What a beautiful flag!

Texas-from El Paso to Beaumont

What the heck are these? They are all over the place!!

Our "campground" for a night, made for convenient shopping though

Too many miles in one day?

West Texas.........

And more of West Texas..............640 miles of this~~~Silver City, NM to Kerrville, TX

March 20th

Yesterday and today were travel days....Left Silver City, NM and just wanted to get through Texas, so we drove all day Friday, approximately 640 miles. If you've ever been through West Texas, you'll know why we just drove straight through. We stayed in Kerrville, TX, which seems to be the point Texas turns beautiful. Great little town. When we got gas at the Kerrville Country Store for gas, we were delighted to find they also had homemade breakfast tacos, yummy. Southern Hospitality is still alive. We stayed at a Walmart with quite a few other motorhomers. In the middle of the night we were woken by a tremendous rain, thunder and lightening storm. Saturday we just drove straight to Beaumont through driving wind and rain. It was about 40 degrees all day.

From Arizona on, it's been so nice to see such clean, manicured freeways, sad CA freeways aren't like that anymore.

Funny little side bar: With Bill being sick last week, we decided to try something we heard about for coughs. Rub Vicks Vapo Rub on the bottom of your feet before bed, cover with socks, and yes, it's true, it controls your cough, Bill was cough free all night, aaahhhhh.

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Old gas pump in the ghost town

Mogollon Ghost Town

Catwalk in Whitewater Canyon

Catwalk in Whitewater Canyon and Mogollon Ghost-Mining Town

Today brought us yet another day with perfect weather. Silver City is a pretty dumpy town, but there are a lot of interesting things to see around here. We drove about an hour and went to Mogollon Ghost-Mining Town, they do still have about 12 residents living there, they still mine apparently. Funky little town, fun to see. We had a picnic at The Catwalk in Whitewater Canyon, part of it was closed but we were still able to see quite a bit. The Catwalk is in a canyon where the river winds through it and a 250 foot suspension bridge was built. You walk along the catwalk which is built into the boulders. Billy the Kid lived in Silver City for part of his life.

Gila Cliff Dwellings outside of Silver City, NM

Old church in Pinos Altos, Hearst Church built in 1898 -George & Phoebe Hearst, parents of William Randolph Hearst, built this church, they also owned a mine here

Hot Springs

We are in New Mexico in a small town named Silver City, a silver mining town, thus the name!

We drove about an hour north of the city to see the Gila Cliff Dwellings, lived in by the Mogollon Indians between 1276-1287. A beautiful drive, snow still in the mountains and the river running along the road the whole way. There are hot springs that provide heat for many of the residents in the area. You can also go in the hot springs, but alas, we didn't have our suits!!

It is a 3 mile round trip walk to see the caves. There are 42 well preserved rooms within 5 natural caves. It is also the birthplace of Geronimo. Once again, we have been blessed with beautiful weather.