Started out the day going to the Harbor Seafood and Oyster Bar which is in Kenner, a suburb of Nawlins. Of course, we got lost on the way because of the hellish New Orleans and Louisiana roads but ultimately made it to our destination. The seafood platter I had was superb and even the pre-lunch salad was great. I bought some of the dressing even though they apparently never sold any before because they had no idea how much to charge for ½ pint. The staff settled on six bits for the cost and away we went, dressing and all.
We went to a bakery next door that had a French name but seemed to be operated by Mexicans. It seemed like most of what was for sale was flan, which I don’t believe requires baking.
We headed back to the Invader to do the dreaded laundry. Unfortunately, the Riverboat RV Park utilizes the idiotic pre-paid asshat card system to do the wash and we had not bought one of the filthy things so we blew off the laundry. The good part about this is the Park also has cable and I got to watch the first NASCAR race I have seen since June of 2014.

We set the Garmin to get us to New Orleans and the first place we went was onto 13 miles of mostly dirt road that was speckled with muddy sections. The road was too narrow to turn around and some nice Louisiana lady named Karen led us out to civilization over the narrowest bridge in North America. We finally made it out onto the paved road which, strangely, seemed to be even rougher than the 13 mile dirt road we had just left. Extremely rough road surfaces in this part of the world.
Nevertheless, the scenery along the highway is quite beautiful all the way to New Orleans. Traffic in New Orleans is terrifying for the elderly, like me. The lanes are narrow, serpentine and filled with homicidal drivers that have no concern about normal rules of the road. They cut you off, dive into spaces in front of you when you are already short of stopping distance and have absolutely no lane discipline.
We only drove past the Riverboat RV Resort because we were unaware it was a small, paved vacant lot between a motel and a U-Haul facility. They do have a laundry, a small store and a microscopic pool but it is a bit smaller than some hot tubs. The site is secure, however, because the front gate is controlled and the perimeter fence is topped with concertina wire. The adjacent neighborhood seems to be murder Central with very few white faces.

We left Texas today headed originally to Lake Charles but we ended up at Lake Fausse Point State Park near Breaux Bridge, LA. I feel like we could have spent more time in Texas happily because we only saw what was near I-10. The abundance of wildlife that you can see is amazing in that state.
Our drive to Lake Fausse Point was highlighted by getting lost on the substandard, unlabeled Louisiana roads. Ultimately, we found the park which was really quite nice even though you are camping on little asphalt strips sitting on rock to stay above the watery part of the swamp. We will only be here one night.

Drove into Houston to see the Museum of Science and History.
This is a world-class museum with great dinosaur bones and fossils, Egyptian mummies and junk, spectacular gems and a terrific section about the oil industry. We got a zillion pictures here, too.

Went to the Johnson Space Center in League City. We took the $24 tour which was pretty neat. I really liked the Saturn 5 rocket they have laying sideways in one of their buildings. It is an awe-inspiring monster and I’ll wager riding one must have been a rush. We also got to go through the astronaut training building and Mission Control Center (think “Houston, we have a problem”). We got a ton of pix.

Drove back into Galveston again to visit the Moody House, the Bishop’s Palace and to try some food. Unfortunately, we crapped out on the Moody House because they only run tours every two hours and we would have had too long of a wait. We then went to the Bishop’s Palace which is an extraordinary architectural confection. The tours here are self-guided and they give you a little data doodad that gives the visitor the poop about each portion of the house.
We ate at a place called “Shrimp N Stuff” which was okay. It is supposed to be great food for this area but I’m afraid the locals must not be real discriminating diners because the food was okay but nothing special. Texas seem to thrive on mediocre food.

Drive from Columbus to League City, TX between Houston and Galveston. We arrived early so we had time to drive onto Galveston Island and back through Texas City.
Galveston has some beautiful houses but Texas City has none. Texas City seems to be an enormous refinery. We ate at a place called Nick’s on the Galveston Seawall but the food was just okay.

Stayed in camp again today to do the dreaded laundry. Machines were in use the first time we showed so we took a drive on Shaw’s Bend Road looking for animals but the weather had most of them hiding except some ugly black buzzards eating a nice dead roadside javelina.
I chatted a bit with the neighbor who told me that “Most folks think God created the earth but actually it was the East Texas Baptists who hired God as a figurehead.”

Loafed in camp all day.

Power crews left our park at about 10:15 this morning after wrasslin’ with the underground conductors all night. Much of our battery power and propane will require replenishment after a very cold night.
We drove around the area near our campground passing through Weimar and Columbus (again) taking some pix of the neat houses and churches.
I also popped over to the camp office and got the guy to fill one of my propane cylinders since it went empty after last night’s power outage which prevented electric heater use. Power went off again today. The utility trouble men are stumped about the cause.