We were thankful for a good night's rest after such an exciting weekend, and were a little slow to get moving! Today was our last day in Texas. We woke at 6:15am and left at about 8:20am. It was about 66 degrees when we left and our mileage would be 374 miles.
We forgot to mention that on Saturday morning, Rob noticed that a critter was curious about our trailer, leaving its paw prints in the pollen dust overnight. What animal do you think this is? The print is about an inch in size.
The skies were heavy and gray, and the air felt humid. Rain was not expected today on our route. We said goodbye to Austin, even though we didn't make it into the city this time.
Soon after, we couldn't figure out why there were stretches of narrow concrete strip in the median, like a sidewalk. Anyone know?
This place had cool classic vehicles.
A safari park with zebras!
Buffalo!
The first half of the day was really intense with wind gusts and traffic. We learned what Houston traffic is like and vowed to take a much wider berth next time. Despite, there were neat things to see along the way.
Cars in a glass building waiting to be purchased.
A temple or mosque of some kind along Interstate 10. We couldn't read the sign.
An oversized truck taking up a lane and a half, without an oversized load escort!
We stopped for the first time of the morning at 11:20am in Humble, Tx. We had been riding 3 hours straight and needed fuel and lunch. We got both at one location immediately off the highway. Rob wanted to stop at a Buc-ee's but we couldn't find it. Surprising since they are usually very obvious. Fueled up and fed, we pushed on. We navigated onto other highways and byways, with much less traffic and wind as the day went on.
In one Texas town we stopped next to this colorful truck. About 30 minutes later we saw it pulled over in Louisiana by the Louisiana police. Guess they were still doing Texas speed limits of 75 in the 55 Louisiana zone!
Entering Louisiana. East-bound crossing Sabine river.
Whitecaps on the water, it was so gusty!
We arrived at our hotel in Leesville, Louisiana around 3:20pm. Rob got the bike cleaned and covered, then we relaxed in the hotel until dinner. We walked right next door to Toups' Kajun Kitchen, thankful for something good so close by. We shared a grilled chicken po boy sandwich, fries and a salad. We got a Raspberry doughnut cheesecake to go for dessert.
