We got an early start
determined to get out of Florida finally. Unfortunately we quickly
found ourselves in a Burger King parking lot using the wifi to deal
with some problems with Francis's server and the websites he hosts. I
was starting to think we were never leaving Florida! Finally we reached Alabama and then entered Mississippi. The route we
took had us go through a beautiful section of Mississippi along the
Gulf coast. There were miles of lovely public beach on our left and
gorgeous homes on the right. It got to be that time again and we
started looking for a place to sleep. We went to our favorite
website, freecampsites.net, and found a possibility. It was a free place nearby in the De Soto National Forest, Airey Camp. It was nothing fancy but it did have an outhouse
with a sink. We have the setup routine down pat by now so we were
ready for bed in a few minutes.
Early morning found us on
the road again headed for Austin, Texas. We planned to stop there to
visit REI to purchase a canopy. After our long rainy days in Florida
we had decided we needed it for the rest of the trip. It was a very foggy day all the way through the rest of Mississippi and into Louisiana. We drove through New Orleans but with the weather it was hard to see anything. We stayed on Highway 10 through Louisiana and into Houston, Texas. From there we headed up to Austin. To help pass
the time we listened to an audio book called The Life We Bury. It is a murder
mystery with lots of twists and turns. Very entertaining. We made it to REI in the early evening and got a canopy and small table. We somehow managed to squeeze them into the truck.
We got back in the truck and started driving west. We pulled over at a suggested site somewhere around Fredericksburg to sleep but we didn't like the location so we headed to the nearby Walmart. We were told Walmart and Home Depot are fine with travelers sleeping in their parking lots. This was our first time trying it and we saw a lot of RVs and campers there.
We got back in the truck and started driving west. We pulled over at a suggested site somewhere around Fredericksburg to sleep but we didn't like the location so we headed to the nearby Walmart. We were told Walmart and Home Depot are fine with travelers sleeping in their parking lots. This was our first time trying it and we saw a lot of RVs and campers there.
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| Mississippi |
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| Airey Camp |
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| Louisiana |
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| Houston, Texas |
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