Swamp Thing

We headed west from N'awlins and stayed off the big roads exploring Cajun Country. Finally found some decent signal (hate to do it but have to go back to Verizon) and had a good yatter with the family back home. Not feeling homesick but now we do feel that we have totally and properly reeelaaaaxed, and only have to think about what to do that day and where we are going next. People are really friendly round here and we are liking Texas much more than we expected we would.

We found an amazing state park that was basically a swamp, complete with alligators, snakes and slimy things. It was cool walking around in twilight, although we did freak ourselves out a bit once the light went and we had to pick our way through the dark creepy woods home!Read more