Awake: 5:20am Sleep 6+52 foggy…..then sunny overnight @ Breaux
Bridge, Louisiana.
A good nights rest for both of us; we have the complimentary hotel
breakfast which was quite adequate.
Before we left Aransas Pass yesterday, Kathy packed food for a few lunches
to eat along the way. We ate only a fraction so last evening, with the
clerk’s permission, we stored our perishables in the hotel’s kitchen frig
for the night…..taking it out this morning & transferring it back to our
cooler.
We leave the Holiday Inn Express @ 8:25am. The heavy fog takes it's time
dissipating …..maybe 2.5 hrs later we finally see the sun breaking thru.
Eastbound I-10 from Orange, TX to I-12 to the border of Louisiana was 50%
rough. I-55 Northbound from Baton Rouge to the Mississippi Border was very
rough. I-20 from Jackson, MS thru Alabama: very smooth.
We arrive @ the Microtel Hotel in Cottondale/Tuscaloosa, Alabama @ 4:57pm.
Today’s travel: 409 miles Driving time: about 8.0 hrs. 3 stops en
route: MS state map @ the visitor’s center; Flying “J” fuel for the Suzuki
and lunch for us in our car in the shade; & a stop @ the Alabama Visitor’s
Center to get an AL state map.
5:45pm a short walk down the street for dinner @ Ruby Tuesday’s
….unlimited salad bar; chicken, bean chili; and mini Rubys (2 small, but
good hamburgers) with French Fries.
Microtel offers free telephone calls anywhere in the continental USA &
free high speed wireless Internet so our evening was too busy to watch a
movie.
Lights out: 11:25pm
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