After we had
stocked up on groceries, we said a regretful goodbye to Galveston and headed
East towards Louisiana. Galveston is easily on our list of places we would go
back to if we have the chance. The winter weather is perfect (in the mid 20s
every day with a cooling sea breeze), no tourists, beaches for miles, quaint
shops and houses, cheap beachfront RV parks, and world class cuisine. What is
there not to love?
Once we got
close to the border, we headed off the highway and onto the back country roads
that meandered through the bayous and along the bay. We crossed some very
impressive bridges, as the Intracoastal Waterway passes through here with lots
of big shipping traffic.
Over one of the bridges and we crossed into Louisiana.
The scenery changed quite suddenly and we found ourselves driving on a narrow
road along the top of an obviously built up bank, with swamps to either side.
All
the buildings are up on stilts, some as high as 2 storeys, so it obviously
floods badly and often. Even trailer homes are up on stilts! We drove for a while along the oceanside and
it was clear that the land was only a few feet above sea level.
Lots of birdlife
– herons and some black long necked diving birds about small duck sized. The land
around was flat and empty as far as the horizon, with marsh grass and the bayous
all we could see. We turned North, away from the sea, as to continue meant a
ferry ride and we weren’t sure if they took RVs. Parked up in Lake Charles.
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