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. 

Our Rolling Ritz!

We arrived late yesterday (Sunday) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is muggy, worse than South Florida. We slept in and then went to a nearby Camping World to get a silly spare part. They didn't have the part so we went to another RV dealer who will order and drop ship it for us. All I have to do is give him a ship address, once I figure that out.

Here is our route from Navarre Beach, FL to Baton Rouge.

The Visitors Center in Louisiana has beautiful sculptures made from wood salvaged from the Katrina devastation. There is a tremendous amount of art that has been born from this tragedy.

Our first night out after five days of cooking in the RV was worth the wait.

Our Rolling Ritz!

We started our trip from home last Thursday and drove about 4 1/2 hours to Ocala and stayed in a very basic KOA campground overnight. We were really exhausted!  Driving the RV takes a lot of physical
effort.

The next morning we drove another 4 1/2 hours to Navarre Beach on the Gulf Coast.  I think it's hotter in the Panhandle than in South Florida.  We were stuck in construction delays west of Tallahassee and the outside temperature on the highway reached 107.9 degrees!!  That was hot!!

Here's the route we drove:

Driving this RV is a little intimidating but easy once I got the hang of it. 

Santa Rosa RV Resort Navarre Beach, FL

We were lucky to get into this RV park as there were a lot of festivals and competitions going on this

weekend.  Everything was booked.  This was a spot with a beautiful view of the Gulf Sound with

fabulous breezes which we needed in the 97 degree heat!

Getting set up for our stay.

Lilly spent most of her time under the RV (the coolest places around)!  If we could have we would have crawled under there with her!

Relaxing

We're finally settled in and Peter is thinking of Vodka and Pellegrino!