Helped out Jake this morning, then Boogied on down the road to Louisiana

Where are we today ?

I-10 East bound Welcome Center Vinton La

        Had a another great sleep last night was much nicer this morning at 5am 30f much warmer than in Deming NM. Got a pot of coffee made, checked emails and planned today's route.
        Oh I who's Jake? Waiting for the sun to rise shortly after 7 am I outside with my tire thumper, checking the tires and making sure everything is secure. This nice young fellow walks up to to ask me a question. Me holding an aluminum base ball bat (tire  thumper). He has a problem,  coasted into this rest area a couple hours ago and he is out of gas for his car. Asked for a ride to Sonora (about 3 miles) where he could get some gas and hopefully a ride back. The I thought for a minute. Hmm I have a better solution, I have my 2 gallon gas can for the generator would that help him? He was very thankful showed me that his car was out of gas and even insisted on paying me for the gas, he was on his way to Austin Texas from California. hey Jake glad that I could help you out, hope the rest of your trip was flawless.

That's Jake with a hug smile

        That was done and I hopped on I-10 destination Louisiana if all goes well 490 miles.

driving into the sun is not fun but nice and warm

         Now what to do to occupy myself on the drive hmmm. I don't have this pretty lady sitting beside to be distracted, even though I went to talk to her a few times. Not only that she is my navigator. No GPS, but I can wing it. Just need to watch the road signs. But in the meantime I cranked up the sirius radio tunes from the 60's and just boogied and danced all the way along the highway, much louder than she can stand. ( I tried the Radio classic stories again, but my hearing loss in speech recognition, so I can only understand every 2nd or 3rd word) Hard to follow the stories that way.  Cruise control set, no traffic, tapping my feet, slapping my knees and the steering wheel if anybody saw me would think I was nuts.(and some who know me think I am). But between that and stopping at every rest area along the way got my fresh air and exercise as well.
         Had my banana and apple to snack on and a litre of water, even some dates and black liquorice from Palm springs. The day just flew by.
          Then and even better part I just whipped right on through San Antonio about 10.30 am and Houston about 2:30pm did not even slow down, got  lucky today twice. I was allowing for some traffic to slow me down.

San Antonio, love the lanes marked on the road

      Stopped at the Flying J in Brookshire Texas to fill up $1.85.9 a gallon and with our Good Sam card we save 3 cents a gallon. I like to stop here at the flying J because most have RV lanes, with water air and a dump station and lotsa room. And are almost right off the interstate easy of and easy on, nice when I want to make some time. We do use gas buddy when taking our time but really the Flying J usually (not always ) has the best prices. And with their hand book I can plan my travels from one to another.

$1.82.9

Houston and their fly overs are great

More Houston

so this is my route 490 miles today

       Leaving Texas all 880 mile of I-10 is behind me, I pulled into the Louisiana Eastbound rest area at 4:30pm. Get out walkabout, stretch, email Suzie my expenses and a nice long chat with her so we are both up to date.

rest area

nice lake behind the rest area

        Check emails then a whipped up supper, Salmon burger and a salad sure hit the spot.

yummy

      Then I chatted with Suzie again for a bit and did up the dishes and got to blogging. Check out some more weather and travel plans. Tomorrow think I will stop early in Hammond LA not far down the road. I would like to empty all our tanks and winterize the coach in warm weather is nice.

       Thanks for coming along and keeping us company, it is an adventure, sure glad I like driving. But do miss my honey!
       And also thanks to Betty for the great write up and shout. Glad that we were able to help her out while we were there. You can read her posting HERE.

Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle. 

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