We are in Texas now- somehow that seems like a big deal to us. The guy had a booming welcome for us at the visitor centre. We got lots of maps and brochures, one with a family riding horses and a little girl wearing a cowboy hat. Morgane and I decided we should ride horses while we’re here. Ghis is the only one of us with much experience in this area.
Tonight we stopped to see a movie (A Christmas Carol) and are now camped at Wal Mart. Seems like a nice place. There are tons of shoppers out and about and I am using the internet at Barnes and Nobles, just next door.
This morning, I had my great Jennifer massage – definitely not for the wimpy, but I feel good now. Ghis went with Mark to do some work. He has to drive out into the boonies and check some oil rigs. It was quite the experience and I’ll post his pictures later. He drove the truck on a freaky 4 by 4 road and walked through grass where poisonous snakes live (only until he learned this!). He saw rice fields flooded with water where crawfish are harvested. Mark tried hard to find one, but couldn’t so they stopped and got one from a freezer and brought it back for us to see. Then he plopped it into the pond. Morgane and the dogs were very interested!
Then we all had a visit and ate tacos from The Taco Sisters. Very yummy.
Morgane didn’t want to say goodbye to Boon and the other dogs at Jennifer and Mark’s. We had trouble saying goodbye to all our new friends: Becky and John, Jennifer and Mark, everyone from the gumbo party and all the fabulous employees at Pack and Paddle.
