Well we left Dickinson, Texas near Houston today. Yesterday was rainy, 60 degrees and we decided we were better off inside instead of running around Johnson Space Center. So we have a reason to come back here another year.

We took a nice route out of the area this morning. We could have taken route 45 toward Houston to connect to route 10. We didn't need to be in the traffic heading toward Houston at 8:30 in the morning. So we took this drive that kinda goes around the Galveston Bay to get to route 10. It was very pretty. We were glad we didn't take the expressway.

Driving along route 10 in Louisana was a real surprise. You hear about swamp, bayou and etc. but to see all this water was something. The bridge that spans all this area just goes on and on. You'll see one of the shots that shows the water in-between the two different directions of roads.

We are at Livington, Louisana tonight. Will go a little ways to the east and then head north on route 55 through Mississippi.

We miss the family. Not to mention our grandchildren. Barbara Jean had her 13th birthday while we were gone. Monday night TJ hurt his knee, he is on crutches - will see what happens with that. But Grandma is ready to get home to her family.

I must say, this has been a great trip. We have seen so much and enjoyed it all. But we have really found we love the southwest more than Florida. Why is it so far away???

I just read this to Bob. His comment was-- "If we moved to Oklahoma the southwest isn't that far". Very funny!!!!!

What a great bridge. The Galveston Bay is just south of this bridge, but there is little bays that flow into Galvestong Bay. Very pretty area.

It was shocking to see all of the oil refineries in this area. When we left Dickinson, near Houston, we took a two lane road over by the gulf. This took us by many oil refineries, in fact watching tankers driving out of their places. This is probably some of the areas they try to tell us was hit by hurricane and caused our gas/fuel prices to go up.

I missed the Welcome to Louisiana sign -- So here is the Welcome Center Sign.

This was funny. We had seen so many oil refineries and here is another. Oops, no it wasn't. After taking the picture I seen a sign --- Goodyear. But I got the picture. LOL

This picture and the next are taken along route 10. Now is it a swamp or a bayou? There was a long long stretch of this, we were on a bridge for a long time. We wish we had known it was long and we would have checked the mileage.

I have this thing for bridges. So the camera comes out when it looks interesting. So here is a unique bridge. Next picture will show you what this bridge spans. LOL

With all the waterways, swamps, bayou we weren't looking for this river --- Mississippi River. We just hadn't thought about it. Now we have seen the Mississippi River in New orleans, here near Baton Rouge, St. Louis, MO, and either or both Minnesota and Wisconsin.