We left Baton Rouge, La this morning for Texas. It lightly rained most of the way but travel speed was consistently 60 mph without any problems. We stopped for the night about 10 miles outside East Houston at a very nice RV park called "San Jacinto Riverfront RV Resort". It was still raining when we arrived and unfortunately, we leave for Austin in the morning. Would have been nice to have been able to enjoy walking the Riverfront. However, we'll be staying in Austin for 2 to 3 days before visiting our friends in Llano, which should be a lot of fun.

Here is the Route from Baton Rouge to Llano, Texas which is located Northwest of Austin:

It was amazing that Route 10, a major East/West thoroughfare, was in such poor condition. It took the first 30 or so miles before it became smooth driving. Imagine every 20 feet going over a cement slab that had a height change, bump-bump for 30 miles? Because we bounced around, we stayed between 50 and 55 mph the whole distance until it became bearable to drive.

Crossing from Louisiana into Texas at the " Welcome Center" we found a beautiful Texas Lone Star sculpture about 35 feet tall which was really striking and a sign we thought a little unusual for growing up in NYC.