Louisiana - Mississippi - Alabama

Our day started out poorly today...breakfast at our hotel was no good! The coffee pot was empty, choices were poor, and we decided to move on. Our choices for breakfast in the area were Shoney's and Waffle House. If you've been in the South you may know them...neither is very good...we chose Waffle House. I had a great time watching Rick's reaction! Our waitress was sporting bright, bubble-gum pink eye shadow and matching earrings...it was quite an eyeful! Our breakfast was not the greatest...as Rick said at one point, "They use a LOT of butter here"! But, everyone should experience Waffle House once. Only once! Moving on...

We had to cover a lot of miles today on a lot of different roads...I think all in all we drove on six different Interstate highways! I-10 out of Louisana was the most interesting. We had to drive about 20 miles, between Lafayette and Baton Rouge, on elevated roads over swamps. The road is part of the Atchafalaya Swamp Freeway, according to a guide book, crossing America's largest swamp. The road sits up on concrete stilts, with two lanes separated by an expanse in the middle over murky-looking watery muck with more swamp to the sides. Very wierd to drive along looking at treetops knowing that beneath you is a swamp full of alligators and whatever else lives in that swamp! It's an eerily attractive landscape, with a beautiful array of colors from blues to greens.
Not much else to report today. We had another boring day driving the Interstate highways. Not very exciting...but we covered the ground we needed to. We're both looking forward to our visit with Jen and Mike, and should arrive at their house early tomorrow morning. It will be a fun couple of days, then we're making tracks for Massachusetts. It's time to come home! This has been an amazing trip, but we're both ready to get back to our normal routine.