Since we
left Bonita Springs, MS about a week ago we’ve had some enjoyable travels. We were headed west through Mississippi when
we saw the exit coming up for Vicksburg and started talking about how good the
fried green tomatoes were the last time we were through Vicksburg so we decided
on an unscheduled stop.
We booked
three days at the Ameristar Casino RV Park.
Just after
we arrived this place filled up with an RV caravan, it was a good thing we got
here when we did.
The first
night here we took the free shuttle over to the casino and played for quite a
while and felt lucky we just lost $20.
The next
morning we walked down to the casino area and took some pictures of the bridge
and river. The flag flying in the breeze
always brings a smile to my face.
The tug
boats were out working.
Rusty’s
Riverfront Grill was our destination on our last day there. The sun wasn’t shining on the front of the
building so the picture isn’t the best one.
These
tomatoes are amazing!! They are supposed
to be appetizers and the last time here we split a plate and each had a shrimp
po’boy sandwich. This time we knew
better – we each ordered a plate and considered it our entrée. There is nothing at all healthy about eating
these, the tomatoes are deep fried, topped with lump crab meat and a cheese
sauce. Not something you want to eat every
day, but once every couple of years it’s a real treat.
From
Vicksburg we decided to head south to take I-10 on west. When we got down to I-10 which was just
inside Louisiana we remembered a casino campground that was just a ways back
into Mississippi on I-10 so we headed that way for the night. We stayed one night in Bay Saint Louis,
MS. We decided we were having a real
hard time getting out of Mississippi. I'm usually so intrigued by just looking at the Mississippi I forget to take a picture, did get one decent one this time.
As we were
coming into Louisiana they were burning the sugar cane fields. This is a picture out of my side window. We could see the smoke from the fires in
several areas. As I understand it it is
illegal to burn the cane fields now but the fines are so low the farmers feel
it is worth the fine to get rid of the leaves from the cane so it is easier to
harvest.
We stopped
at one of the few rest areas along I-10 in Louisiana to have lunch. From where we were parked I could walk
underneath I-10 for some pictures. This
is looking back east.
This is
looking west.
Not too far
down the road from where I was taking pictures underneath I-10 there is water
under the road. I think this stretch of
road is called the bridge over the basin, most of it is through water.
I love this bridge, it looks like you are just going to drop off the other side.
I-10 through
Louisiana is a really rough road, not so much from potholes, but it is made of
concrete and just beats on you.
Before we
made our way through Houston we decided to stop about an hour and a half away
in Vidor. Greg had picked the Boomtown USA
RV Resort as our stop based upon the information he saw on the Good Sam
website. Good Sam needs to update their
pictures and description.
This is a
picture of the office. This is the only
picture worth taking. Our site had full
hook ups and it was off the highway (barely) that's all I can think of to say nice about it.
I-10 runs right by it and traffic runs on that road all night long at
75+ miles per hour. We won’t be making a
return trip.
Welcome to
Houston.
The Houston
skyline is awesome.
Tonight we
are staying at Travelers World in San Antonio, TX. The office looks pretty plain Jane but this
is a really nice park. It is right next
to an extension of the River Walk that is downtown so you can go walking,
jogging or bike riding along a very nice paved trail. We are only here for one night this time (we
were here for two weeks in 2013). We
decided to take the city bus into town to have dinner on the River Walk. The bus stop is just across the street from
the RV Park. We managed to figure out
where we needed to get off and found our bus to bring us back home when we were
done.
The River
Walk is just an amazing place.
This was our
view on the patio of the Original Mexican Restaurant.
Once again
we were saying “we should have split a meal”, we brought home lots of leftovers
for later.
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