It is still raining this morning. It is so hard to pack up in the rain. Joe is having a tough morning, first he gets in an ant hill then we discover ants are climbing up our water hose to get out of the rain and we have them in side the one outside compartment. Then he steps in critter poop, not sure what kind of critter it is from. So his day is already bad. We finally get hooked up and on our way to Austin at about 8:15. We are very anxious to get there, but know it is going to be a long day, around 400 miles to drive.
The roads in LA are horrible they are so rough. It was so nice when we finally hit a nice long stretch of blacktopped road. Another problem there are no rest areas on this stretch and I can't wait any longer. We pulled off the hwy and found a spot to pull over, thank goodness for having your own bathroom to use if necessary. I shut the door and went to lock the dead bolt and something happened to the tumbler. My key came out but we couldn't unlock the door again. Every time we stopped we would try to unlock it with no luck. Finally we stop out side of Houston for lunch at a Cracker Barrel and our waitress was nice enough to get us a couple of numbers for a lock smith. The lock smith looked at the lock and said it looked like it had been tampered with. He tried to pick it but no luck, he ended up having to drill it out to get the door open. That was a big expense, $245. Didn't expect it to cost so much but no other choice.
Going through Lake Charles was a big mess. It took us over one hour to get through do to road construction. First the left lane is closed then the right then the left then the right. Of course this is at a point that other freeway's merge in so it is a big mess. The stretch over the big high steep accent bridge was the worse. All the big trucks were having to really work to get up and over because you couldn't get up any speed. When we saw that the lanes were closed so they can clean weeds out of the divider in the road I was speechless. The lane over the bridge didn't show anyone doing anything until the very bottom of the bridge on the down hill side. What a mess. There is a bypass they could have directed people to use that would have avoided the mess, but of course that would have been the smart thing to do. As I said a very frustrating long day.
We finally get to Austin and the Lone Star Carefree RV Resort at 6 pm, 9 and a half hours!!!!!!!
Once set up we go to pick up Shannon and have dinner. This is the high light of our day. Shannon looks really good, he has been sober for 10 or 11 months now, we are so proud of him. He took us to the Magnolia Cafe, nice choice the food was very good. We talked until after 9 then took him home and we came back to the park and bed.
There is a festival in town this weekend so we should have a great time. Friday night we get to see Heather play with her Cajun band and possibly see the Prospectors either then or Sat. night.
I am so glad today is over and I know tomorrow will be better.
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