Today we left Florida. We didn't hit the road super early. We had breakfast and walked the dog, the. Got started hooking up. There was a family in a large 5th wheel from Abilene, Texas, that I visited with, and then we hit the road.
Florida is great in that roads are well maintained and the rest areas are frequent. Not so much for Mississippi and Louisiana. In fact I had planned to trade of driving duties but could not find a place, so drove the whole 403 miles.
We hoped to stop at the Louisiana welcome center but it was closed, and the roads (I-20) were so rough! The only rest area was only 10-15 miles from our destination.
We got to Lincoln Parish Park around 4 pm and got set up. An older gentleman next door greeted us. I asked about local restaurants and he recommended the Flying Burger and Log Cabin Grill. Steph was more interested in that so we filled the truck with gas to be ready for tomorrow and spent the last of our eat-out cash.
The food was so good! Portions were huge! We both got Smokehouse burgers and Sadie got the shrimp po'boy.
We got back and Sadie and I walked Ferg around the lake. It was certainly hot.
Then to bed to prepare for tomorrow.
July 1
We didn't get into a hurry today either. We walked the trail around the lake again and were on the road a bit after 10 am. More awful Louisiana roads - this state gets an F!
We stopped at the Texas Welcome Center and had lunch. All we had left was a few slices of bread, just a little ham and cheese, and PB&J.
Steph drove from here to the Casey's outside of Tyler and we got gas. This was the lowest price we had seen at $3.02/gal.
We arrived home right at 4pm, got unhooked and decided to unload the truck when it wasn't so hot this evening. At 4:00 it was 97 degrees.
In total the engine ran on this trip for 57 hours and we covered 2500 miles. I had planned for 8.5 mpg so 9.5 wasn't so bad.
We are already thinking about our next trip that way! It was a good one!
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