23 March 2018
Well, it’s a full blown cold today with coughing and runny nose to make things unpleasant. Fortunately, I don’t feel too ill.
I got up at my usual 4:30 am (CDT) and finally went to breakfast around 6:30 am. I got back to my room and called Tanis but she had turned her phone off. I figured they needed the sleep so I let them sleep in and I packed and loaded the jeep and was off about 8:30 am.
I left Tanis and message and a text. I’m not real good at goodbyes anyway and I prefer they get a few extra winks of sleep before their long bus trip back to Mississippi. I so seldom get to see my brother and it’s always special when I get a chance to visit with them but I hate saying goodbye.
Funny how you think you have everything. Check the room twice, three times and then again. One thing I missed during my last cross country trip was a dirty clothes bag. I bought one on the trip midway through and when I got home decided to put it someplace safe for any future trips. Of course, I could not find the damned bag for this trip. I turned the house upside down twice. I then ordered two from Amazon and started to pack only one. I finally threw the other in the suitcase as an afterthought.
I had started filling the first bag with dirty clothes from Tallahassee and New Orleans. Guess what I left in the hotel? It’s a good thing I have the second bag or I would have had to buy another en-route. The hotel will ship the bag and my dirty clothes home for me via Fedex. What a surprise I have waiting for me when I get home.
I was going to go the backroads to my overnight at Village Creek State Park in Lumberton, Texas, but when I found I was restricted to 45 mph in Louisiana on US 61, I decided to cut over the I-510 to Baton Rouge and make up some time.
I’ve decided you don’t miss too much by going interstate and in reality, the back roads are often just strip malls. At least the interstate sometimes cuts through wilderness of a sort and you can get some pretty nice vistas. In this case, I got some great views of the Achafalaya Wilderness Area and the flooding from the Mississippi. The Bonnet Carre spillway was flowing to beat the band.
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I made it to Village Creek State Park around 2:30 pm. The entire park is closed for flooding except one campground. The sites are fairly nice and I got to pitch my new one-man tent which I intend to use for overnight hikes. It went up really quickly. I’m still working out the kinks in what I need and where it is located in the car – which bin, backpack, suitcase/duffle bag. Hopefully, I’ll get it down before my first real expedition at Guadeloupe National Park.
Now, if only I can get over this cold and cough. Lumberton is much warmer than New Orleans.
My big decision to night is whether I will eat Chili Mac with Beef or Three Cheese Mac & Cheese. Dehydrated, of course!
