Slidell, LA

We saw a weather alert last night that a huge storm with thunderstorms, tornados and winds hitting Thursday in LA and going towards Fl. Instead of meandering across the south we decided to drive lickety split and see how far we could get, trying to get past it before it gets started. We bypassed Pensacola completely which would have been a 2-day stop. We landed at an Elks Lodge in Slidell. It’s a beautiful property, 12 acres with playground equipment and a boat launch/fishing spot. They host the Boy Scouts camping trip every year. What keeps them afloat is bingo on Wednesday and Friday nights. We paid $10 to dry camp one night.

Being on the road for 8 hours (400 miles) we stopped at several rest areas. I saw this at one of them.

It’s another 500 miles to San Antonio, where we will be out of harm’s way.