We are at Little Ocmulgee State Park in McRae, GA visiting with Joe & Sue. They live in Maine during the summer and have been Park Hosts here during the winter months for twelve years. What a great park; there's an 18-hole golf course, hiking trails, a lake, and a lodge and restaurant. We can understand why they like it here. You could once canoe or boat on the lake, but unfortunately, in the last few years it's become completely overgrown with some water plants. They've tried to get rid of it but to no avail.
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| The 265 acre lake |
On Sunday, we enjoyed a dinner buffet at the lodge...everything was delicious, especially the southern fried chicken! We both agree that we'd like to come back here again.
Monday and Tuesday, November 14 & 15
Yesterday, we drove from GA to DeFuniak Springs, FL (east of Pensacola on Rt 10) passing lots of cotton fields. It's hard to imagine that at one time people actually picked all this by hand; the plants were only about 12-15 inches high, so you'd really have to bend over.
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| Instead of litter along the roadside, there were cottonballs |
Today, we travelled almost 400 miles from FL through AL, MS and into LA, spending tonight in Lafayette. We decided to try some authentic Cajun food at Fezzo's Restaurant near our campground --gumbo, frog legs, crawfish, shrimp, oysters, crab cake, stuffed potato and salad -- too much to finish but spicy and delicious.
Wednesday, November 15
We drove another 400 miles today to San Antonio, TX. It's a bit farther than we like to drive (and it was a lot of miles of the same scenery -- very straight and very flat), but we've decided to spend a day or two here touring the area -- the Alamo, the Riverwalk, the missions...and, hopefully, get some good Mexican food.
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