Continuing the journey (from Mississippi to Texas)

Once inside the Mississippi state line we had to stop at our first weigh station. I guess since 9/11 the rules have changed that even moving trucks must go through all weigh stations. This was totally new to me. I know that sounds so cheesy, but it was a new experience for me.

The sun started coming up not long after we got into Mississippi and the subtle colors were just gorgeous.

Not long after the oohs and ahhhs over finally being able to see daylight I got to have another first experience, motion sickness. I don't know if it is because I was bent sideways trying to find a decent station on the radio combined with the horrible Mississippi roads which included bumps and hills that make your stomach hit the back of your throat, but I was white knuckling the truck door handle while making all kinds of moaning and groaning sounds. All that I could manage to say coherently was "Get me out of Mississippi."  I will say though, when I wasn't feeling like retching my guts up I was marveling over the nicely managed pines on the side of I-20. 

Next up was Louisiana. We had to stop for gas right inside the Louisiana line before we made it to the welcome center. If I were an alcoholic that gas station would have been a mirage! It was part gas station, part liquor store, and part casino. There were liquor bottles everywhere! In Alabama we put our liquor in an area that is strictly guarded to make sure no one under age can get to it. Not in this place! Although the inside of this gas station was hustling and bustling, it was still kinda sketchy, so we went on to the welcome center where Buddy was again my willing camera man. 

After complaining about the Mississippi part of I-20 I was informed that Louisiana is just as bad. However, I was pleasantly surprised and it wasn't too bad until around Shreveport. Where Mississippi looked like a more well managed Alabama, Louisiana was mostly swampy bottomland hardwood and I was expecting an alligator to walk out onto the interstate at any minute. We grabbed lunch at a Love's truck stop along the way and kept hauling down I-20 towards Texas. Although Shreveport was a little rough and made some of the lingering Mississippi sickness come trickling back, it had some specks of eye candy like this:

Not long after we got through Shreveport we got off of I-20 and onto a highway, so I was unable to get a picture with a welcome to Texas sign. However, I was able to have another first experience: 75 miles an hour on a 2 lane highway! What, you say? Yes! 75 miles an hour on a 2 lane! Apparently this is not unusual on Texas highways and although it kind of scared me at first, I'm beginning to like it. 

So, we started our journey to east Texas at 130 am and made it to our new apartment in Nacogdoches at around 130 pm. I will try to recap our unloading and first few days in Nac later. For now, blessed be.