Left
Vicksburg a little late, so opted to wait for coffee until we passed a Starbuck’s
sign on the highway. Vicksburg is right on the LA border, and the Mississippi
River is the divider. The state line is right in the middle of the river.
Wonder what kind of arguments that has caused over the years!
Willem said
the LA landscape reminded him of Holland – low, flat, and watery. Very watery,
in fact, because we ran into rain about 20 miles inside LA. Around that same time we passed through
Monroe, a town you remember because of the stench. Found out later that the huge
log lots are for a paper mill. Reminded me of the town in Kenya that was known
more for its smell than for the beauty of the surrounding area.
We had been
gloating about having just missed a tornado the day before, when the rain
turned really nasty. We had it for about 3 hours, all the way through LA and a
little bit of TX. We passed several pretty bad accidents, probably caused by
cars going too fast and hydro-planing on the slick surface. Speed limit was 70 throughout LA, and people
didn’t slow down much for the weather.
We stopped
for lunch in Canton, just before reaching Dallas. Dallas/Ft. Worth is huge. In
fact, there are about 30 miles between the 2 municipalities. We passed through
on Saturday about 4:00 and there were big traffic slow-downs leading into the
major malls. Glad we weren’t going to them!
Found a
hotel in Abilene, a Candlewood Suites, which is one of our favorites. Not much
else happening there.
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