Here we are in the heart of the oil and gas operations in coastal Louisiana. Left San Antonio cold, windy and damp. Guess we are just not used to this humidity. Normally, 32 degrees would be a nice Reno day!
The area east of San Antonio and west of Houston was originally settled (except for the Comanches) by Germans and Austrians, so there are a lot of Germanic names on the towns. We stopped for lunch in Schulenburg and had wurst and German potato salad. Good thing Vi didn't order it, because everything had bacon mixed in. Hit more rain in Houston - always fun driving through a strange city with ice warnings and rain coming down. Glad Vi was doing the driving :-). From Houston on, there were huge oil refineries along I-10 all the way to Lake Charles and toward Lafayette. Lots of rice paddies judging by the flooded fields.
Went to dinner this evening at Randol's which is a combination Cajun restaurant and dance hall. Good old live country music and lots of folks on the dance floor. This area was settled by French Canadians who were kicked out of Nova Scotia. Not sure how you get from Nova Scotia to Louisiana, but they managed to do it.
Tomorrow we head to New Orleans and then on to Pensacola. Should be our last day on the road until we reverse the process later in the month.s
We have been thinking about you, the driving, and the weather. We had snow yesterday and it is still here!! We are expecting rain for the next 4 days and there are flood warnings in the papers, radio, and the weather channel. they are saying some areas in reno and sparks could get up to 6 feet of flooding. We are supposed to get 2 inches of rain tomorrow. The roads in reno were relatively bad yesterday ( plowed but not treated) - remained us of Jamestown - that city was notorious for bad plowing. Went to peppermill last night - not busy at all. Joe is exercising on the floor and watching some Hawaiian golf tournament and I am taking a break from the lovely chore of ironing. Well, enough procrastination. Stay safe.
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