Today we headed into Galveston, Texas. We had a nice time. Again it was hot but not near as hot as it was in the West. We took a tour of the city and saw some beautiful home that survived the Great Storm of 1900. We went to the river front and looked at the beach. It was no where near as nice as our beaches. There was lots of sea weed on the beach. You could see boats out in the ocean. We ate at a nice restaurant called Fish Tails. We had stuffed peppers, shrimp creole, home chips and clam chowder. We left Galveston and headed back to the RV for a relaxing evening.
We left for New Orleans early Wednesday morning. We arrived at our last campground and felt real safe. It was secured with a coded entry and wires all over the brick walls around us. Other than that it was actually a very nice campground. Thursday we went for a tour of New Orleans. The girls learned lots on this tour. Their favorite thing was how people are buried there. They are em bombed with a special chemical that allows them to decompose except for the bones with in a year. Then the casket is opened and the bones are put in a bag and they are placed in the bottom of the crypt. As the other family members die they are em bombed and placed in the bottom of the crypt as well. Generation after Generation are buried in the "family" crypt. If there is not enough room for a loved one to decompose you can rent a crypt for the cemetery or borrow one from a friend.. Tell me that is not weird.... They also saw the lower 9 ward where the destruction from Katrina is still evident and devastating. There are places that are abandoned. New Orleans is still as sad city that is in need of reconstruction. While in New Orleans we saw wild flamingo white and pink. We also crossed Lake Pontutraine. We crossed the bridge where people we during Katrina trying to get to the highest ground. We passed the Super Dome and saw many old homes that with stood the storm.
Friday we left about 5 AM.. We are now headed home...We are all so ready to be home. Somewhere between New Orleans we stopped for gas and the started went out on Prissy. Thankfully Bett and David had Road side assistance. We were towed to a shop and we were on the road again with in an hour. We drove on and all was going well. After we crossed into Georgia we stopped to get gas again and the generator went out....NO AIR..At least we were almost in Atlanta and did not have much more to travel. We opened the windows and to our amazement it was really not that bad. We finally arrived home about 9PM on Friday night. All was well for the Constant Henderson Cross Country Trip. I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Thanks for following.
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