Leaving Janeen, Tony, Michael, and Danny on Sunday, Jan. 25th was very hard to do.  Tony showed us a shortcut to I-10E which took us across a huge bridge with big A shaped supports. We had a great view of Galveston Bay.  Between Houston and Beaumont, we saw lots of destruction from the hurricane - driveways to nothing, downed trees by the acre, and businesses trying to function under destroyed roofs.

In Louisiana, "America's Wetland" state, we drove on miles and miles of elevated roads (bridges) over swamps, bayous, lakes, and rivers.  Some of Louisiana roads are asphalt and relatively smooth, but most are concrete with black expansion "goo" between them which jars our teeth and rattles everything in the RV.  Interestingly, each direction of road is separated by water on which boats speed up and down.  Some people fish and others seem to be out for fun.

We drove over the Mississippi River and stopped in New Orleans West KOA for the next three nights.