Monday August 17, 2009

This morning we woke up in Grand Bay, Alabama. So close to the beach, but don't have time to go see it. We are off to one of my favorite places.....HOUSTON!!!!! Richard loves Houston too, he just didn't seem as excited as I was to see it. Maybe it was because he was the one having to drive in the traffic. I offered to drive, but for some reason he wouldn't let me. We saw wreck after wreck today, the majority of them were in Louisiana. We arrived in Houston at the Budweiser Plant and they were nice enough to go ahead and unload us instead of making us wait til the morning. It only took them 10 minutes to unload us and then we drove to Katy, TX and stayed there for the night.

and we are back in Mississippi!

Biloxi, MS

We could even see some of the condos on the beach from the interstate as we were driving thru Mississippi, but were not able to see the water. I did get to see palm trees, so I got really excited about that, so excited the I didn't get pictures.

This poor man was hauling 2 brand new boats and lost one of them on the interstate, then moved to the shoulder of the road dragging it behind him. That boat will have some damage!

Bass Pro Shop in Louisiana

Baton Rouge, LA

Port of Baton Rouge

another one of my favorite things.....a bridge.....it doesn't take much to thrill me!

I love bridges and my mom hates them!

This is the start of the 19 mile long bridge in Louisiana...

one of the rives that the bridge goes over......

and the end of the bridge!

then right after that one, we get to go on another bridge!

YEAH!!! we are back in Texas!

Texas rest area!

We learned this trip that every time we stop at the Texas Welcome Center that we always end up in a bad traffic jam due to a fire. So therefore, we have decided that we will no longer stop at the Welcome Centers in Texas anymore. A few days ago as we came into Texas, we saw a SUV that had just caught on fire, and then this trip......well you will just have to look at the pictures!

This was a mile after we got back on the I-10 after stopping at the Welcome Center

we are informed from other truckers on the CB that an 18-wheeler had caught on fire

police started sending card down the service road to avoid it, but as you can see they were not getting anywhere either.

people started getting out their cars and sitting on the barriers

this horse was terrified of all the smoke

our first view of the truck

the fire melted the trailer completely away. To make matters worse, the truck was carrying corrosive materials

the driver was ok, he was walking around and talking to DOT officers

another beautiful sky

and we are finally getting closer!

and we are here!

arriving at the Budweiser Plant

HOUSTON!!!!!