After leaving Florida, we traveled into Louisiana and stopped in Lake Charles for the night. We wanted to have some Cajun food before leaving the area. Mike and I tried gumbo, boudin, ettoufee, alligator, and catfish. Cajun food is surely delicious.
After leaving Louisiana, we traveled to South Central Texas just below San Antonio where we visited our niece, Carol and her kids. While there we visited Corpus Christi and the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico.
Corpus Christi has a lot of gas production - oil derricks and refineries everywhere.
A couple of days later we went to the Alamo. San Antonio has definitely encroached on the fort and it would be barely visible if you weren't looking for it.
Had a great time visiting with family playing games and just relaxing a bit. We even had time to pick prickly pear fruit to make some future preserves. Tongs or heavy gloves are needed to pick them and a BBQ lighter is very handy to rid them of their stickers.
Then we traveled North into the Lubbuck area and that is definitely the hill country of Texas. The tererrain looked similar to Chico or Oroville. Probably not much cooler than Southern Texas but more ravines and bigger trees. Lubbock is the cotton and windmill capital of the State. 1 farm had 650 windmills that produced 1100 megawatts of power. There were so many cotton farms. I wanted to pick some but knew that I couldn't.
We then traveled through far NE corner of NM, and into Colorado. We stayed in Colorado Springs for 5 nights to be with Kelly, Jerod and Killian. We got to take them to dinner for Kelly's Birthday and our Anniversary. Enjoyed some hiking along some of the local trails. Over two days, Killian hiked 5 miles.
Alas, winter is upon us and has pushed us out of the mountains. We are headed homeward bound.
This has been an adventure that we will not soon forget.
4th longest bridge in the United States
Located over swamps and Bayous in Louisiana
18 miles long
USS Lexington
In Corpis Christi
Carol, Mike and Hailey
Beach in Corpus Christi
Playing cards at Carol's
Mike, Levi, Kinna, Carol, and Cole
Little Liam
Hailey
Mike and Carol playing Cornhole
Cole the Firestarter
Hailey and Maddie
Carol and Maddie
Memorial Statue at the Alamo
Part of the orginal fort
At the Alamo well
Mike picking prickly pear fruit
Kinna and Justin playing Cornhole
Burning off excess fuel in Corpus Christi
Windmills
Windmills in the background and
Cotton in the foreground
Mountains in New Mexico
Dinner at Tucanos in Colorado Springs
Kelly having her Birthday drink
Hiking in Garden of the Gods
Killian and Jerod in the cleft of the rock
Looking towards snowy Pike's Peak from Colorado Springs
Entering Garden of the Gods
Balanced Rock
It was very cold and windy on our
little excursion
Killian playing at our RV Park
Jerod and his buddy, Thomas
This morning was a cool 28°
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