Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Beaumont, Texas

We're in Winnie, just outside Beaumont, TX. No photos in this entry, as the hotel's wifi wasn't working last night and we're packing up this morning. We made about 400 miles yesterday, and would have made more, except I-10 in closed west of Baton Rouge, and the detour route was very congested. It took us a couple of hours to pop back up on I-10, 30 miles down from where we were detoured off. We were told there was a gas explosion late last week that required the interstate closure.

I think our favorite view from yesterday was Lake Charles, and the view of the refineries on the west side of Lake Charles as you crest the I-10 bridge.

Least favorite was the smell of sulfur from what we guess was a meat-processing plant close to the border of Louisiana and Texas. Phew.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi! Glad to hear you two are having a good time. Sounds wonderful! I'm a little late checking the blog. We had some unexpected company this past three days. I look forward to more posts!