Today, we began our trip!  We loaded the RV and started east on I10.  When we got to Houston, we hit a major rain storm, but it only lasted about 15 minutes.

We both had a turn at the Wheel!

We continued on and had dinner with our friends in Lake Charles, LA. Paul, Charity, and their lovely kids.

We HAD to eat Cajun food in LA!

We did not have specific plans as to where we were going to spend the night.  We had heard from several people that sleeping in an RV at a Walmart parking lot was acceptable.  So, we were thinking of going that route in Lake Charles or Lafayette.  However, during dinner we heard all these stories of people being shot and robbed in LA so we decided to make other plans.  I (Robin) remembered a good pastor friend, Clifton LeJuene, who lives and pastors in  Jennings, LA.  I called him up and he said, “Sure, come on down and park in our driveway.”  He and Paula (his wife) were such great driveway hosts! They showed us around their lovely house and then we went back outside and slept in our RV.

Actually, the first night in the RV was really sweet. (this is Erica, and if by “really sweet” my husband is referring to freezing our buns off…then yes, it was “really sweet”.  I woke up in the morning after being mostly frozen, to find out that the ac was set at 68!  The problem has been solved and is now a balmy 74)  In a few days, we will post a video tour of this thing, but suffice it to say, everything we need is right here.

All for now! See you tomorrow.  We are headed to the beach!