After a few snaps of Tony, we got back on the road and went over the Horace Wilkinson Bridge which took us over the Mississippi River. At the truck stop, they have a live tiger (caged) on the property named Tony. On our first stop out of Texas, we pulled into the Tiger Truck Stop. The bridge is 18.2 miles and the 3rd longest bridge in the US. On our route, we drove on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge (also known as the Louisiana Airborne Memorial Bridge) which carries Interstate 10 over the Atchafalaya Basin.

You would be amazed how the scenery changes from greenery and oak trees to murky water and swamps. If you have never traveled from Texas to Louisiana, you need to. Once we passed by the Houston skyline, the road to getting out of Texas came pretty fast. We began our adventure at 5am on a Thursday morning so that we wouldn’t have to deal with the Houston traffic. Being the detailed and great planner my baby brother is, we had a scenic road trip to and from, and since my little brother had made the drive before, we had some fun stops along the way and our first one was New Orleans. When I say family, I mean all of my immediate family the parents, my 2 brothers, my Sissy, and the 3 nephews.

This summer we took our first big RV family vacation was from San Antonio to Miramar Beach/Destin, Florida.

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