Continuing South

 

Time to get you up to date.  My last post had us in Vicksburg, Mississippi a couple of weeks ago.  Presently we are in Duson, Louisiana (just west of Lafayette).  So let me tell you how we got here and what we have done.

We left Vicksburg and drove about 75 miles south to see Natchez, Mississippi.  We stayed in a park right on the Mississippi River over the bridge from Natchez in Vidalia, Louisiana.  This allowed us to add the Louisiana state sticker to our map of states showing where we have been since starting our “Life on the Road”.  In fact this is the first time we have ever taken an RV into Louisiana.  I picked Natchez as it sounded like a neat little town with some neat old homes and it was close by.  It is a nice little town and driving around to see the old houses was nice, but other than that it was just a quiet place to spend a few days.  The weather was colder than we hoped for with some rain and thunderstorms.

From Natchez we were originally going to proceed south in Louisiana but found out that my niece and her family, who live in Houston, were available for the weekend and wanted to meet up near Galveston as they have an RV.  We agreed on meeting at an RV park on the Bolivar Peninsula at a little town called Crystal Beach.  We had a great time with them and doing some sightseeing of Galveston.

My niece’s kids and husband on the beach which was just across the highway from our park.  You can drive on the beach and camp with your RV if you are so inclined.  The weather did not cooperate for us to bring one of the RV’s on the beach, too cold and windy.

My grand nieces and nephew.

Having some fun at the pirate museum.

From Crystal Beach, Texas we headed back into Louisiana and arrived at Duson yesterday, Tuesday.  We are here for a week then onto New Orleans for 3 days before heading north to Nashville.

Route: From Vicksburg, Mississippi we took US 61 south to Natchez where we picked up US 84 west into Vidalia, Louisiana.  From Vidalia we took US 84 west to Louisiana 28 west to US 167 south to US 165 south to I-10 west to Texas 124 south to Texas 87 south.  Got all that!