Hi everyone!
Today we got up around 9:00 am to eat a great breakfast of oatmeal and toast, provided by Shelley, the friend of my Aunt Susie’s who sheltered us for the night. She had three pets; a blind and deaf old dog named Nikki, a cute, tiny Yorkie dog named Ruby and the SWEETEST old cat ever named Hershey. I had the lovely alarm clock of Hershey drool on my face this morning. Nikki, Ruby and Hershey were really cute so it was okay.
After packing up and leaving, we stopped after a few minutes for some gas before we headed back to the highway. We were soon on our way to the Acadian Center in Lafayette, Louisiana. We needed to go to the Acadian Center for a school project; I had a feeling that the Beignets from the Café du Monde in New Orleans weren’t going to cut it for my teacher’s requested recipe. When we arrived we watched a movie about how the Acadians became the Cajuns, the tools they used and the sad story of how they survived their journey.
It was nice and warm in the morning (though the wind was really strong) so we got pretty far before we had to stop at a Subway. We both got foot-longs and I finished mine whereas dad decided to save some of his for later. We returned to the highway and rode for a few more hours in the crazy wind. We were heading to Houston, Texas. A family with three homeschooled kids was going to take us in tonight and we wanted to get there fairly early so they wouldn’t have to wait up for us. We stopped at a McDonald’s to escape the wind and got a hot chocolate for me and a coffee for Dad. We used their wifi for about an hour before venturing back to the road.
The road to Houston was really cool because of all the scenery! Most of it was swamplands and forests so it was great to ride along without any man-made disturbances (other than the highway). I kept hoping to see an alligator. By now the sun was setting and we were getting cold. After about half an hour of darkness we came to another McDonald’s, and I got another hot chocolate and then we put on our rain gear and extra layers for the ride to Houston. It took about two hours and when we finally arrived we got a little lost. Our GPS is six years old and we have never updated it so it’s kind of old and outdated. In downtown Houston we got off at the wrong exit… three times! And when we got to their neighbourhood it turned out that it wasn’t even their neighbourhood! We had driven 20 minutes in the wrong direction!
When we finally came to the right house it was 11:45pm and COLD. Really cold. Charles and Margie greeted us with an open garage door, helped to bring in our things, chatted for a bit and then left us in our room to get settled in and to get some rest after the long day.
See you guys tomorrow!
-Holly J
P.S
Sorry about the lack of details in this post… I’m really tired 🙂
And thank you Aunt Susie for introducing to someone who is as awesome as you are, no wonder you and Shelley were insta-friends.
Proof to Madame Miller that I’m Learning Something Useful Out Here on the Highway 😉
I pretty much love any book, no matter what age or language it’s in!
Pain perdu — or lost bread — is Cajun-style French toast, and can be baked all at once instead of frying in batches. You can use day-old bread, baguettes, French bread, Italian bread, or sourdough…ah, sourdough…:)