It was with much interest for us to drive through Louisiana since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. You see the pictures in the news, but it doesn’t really hit home until you see it with your own eyes. Driving into the Lake Charles area I saw a sea of blue tarps still covering the roofs of many of the homes along the freeway. Although this wasn’t the hardest hit area, you could still see Katrina’s mark. Driving over the bridge at Lake Charles, the casinos were back in full bloom, along with the riverboats.
The bayous of Louisiana were plentiful from the roadway. We were caution not to pick up any unwelcome travelers (alligators) while driving through this area.
Across the bridge in Baton Rouge the waterways were busy with barge traffic.
About 20 minutes outside of Baton Rouge the sky began to get very dark. I have never seen clouds as dark as these before in my life. The pictures that I took do not begin to show how ominous they were, along with the lightening, but no rain. As Craig and I commented to each other, we have seen more lighting in the past 3 months than we have seen in our entire lifetime. The chatter on the CB radio from other truckers were saying the news reports were predicting hail and 30% chance of a tornado. We kept an ever watchful eye out until we were under clear skies again.
One of the many things I love about this area is the food. From hot fresh beignets to the muffuletta sandwich to pralines and I couldn’t help but stop and buy a praline for Craig and I to enjoy. I’ll be sending some samples back home for some of you to enjoy too.
As we said goodbye to Lousiana off we headed towards Baltimore.
1 comment:
Ok...I could say something about what is on the dashboard...but I think the picture speaks a 1000 words!!
Did you ever stop and wonder why we park on driveways and drive on parkways? Why we send a shipment by truck and cargo by ship?
Opie
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