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August 19th, 2007

I had a couple good days of riding – leaving Texas and entering southwest Louisiana.  Once outside San Antonio, I got off the highway and did a good job navigating around the storm fronts.  As typical in the south during the summer, a lot of isolated thunder storms pop up – but I was able to stay dry.  The terrain heading east increasing improved and became more and more “normal”…. you know, trees with leaves and green grass and stuff.  At first it starts with only a smattering (nice word) of trees and green grass (looks like a giant golf course) and then it starts to look a lot like back home – only pulled tight so that it’s flat and the roads are straight.  It’s fast travelling because the speed limit on the secondary roads is 70 miles per hour.

Here are some photos:

Lockhart, Texas couthouse and town offices

nothing special about this picture – i just liked the way the bike looked against the grey wall

Crossing Lake Livingston… still in Texas

I headed south from Livinston and headed towards Beaumont and Port Authur.  I entered into Louisiana on its southwest gulf coast.  A lot of oil refineries – you can also see dozens of drilling platforms off the coast as you follow the coastline.

As you follow the coastline you can still find large objects (refigerators and other “machinery” type items) that must have been blown in during some of the previous big storms.  Maybe that’s how this truck found its fate…

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