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Well I made it to the boarder, through Louisiana and Texas. It was a long drive, but I saw some cool stuff. Like in Louisiana between Lafayette and Lake Charles they have an enormous bridge over the bayou country. Above is a picture.
Lake Charles is a cool city. I would like to come back and visit it sometime. There are many of these inland ports along here, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, etc. Here is a crappy picture of Lake Charles.
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Texas was next. It is big. I listened to the Jimmy Roger’s tune “T for Texas”, highly recommended (not Jimmy’s version, but a big southern rock version). Since I took a Bud picture in St. Louis, of course Texas’ Bud plant is bigger.
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And also things started to get green here. By the way, this is the flattest place ever, flatter than Lake Mile Lacs. I saw a plowed field where there should have been some earth curvature but there wasn’t any, what’s up with that? Houston is a beautiful city and it is humungus!
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I also stopped in a little town called Wharton, TX for gas and lunch. They had a Teepee motel. It reminded my of the movie Cars.
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It was just getting dark when I got to Brownsville, TX. I was very tired, a long day. This picture sums it up.
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Totals miles this day: 710