Sat. Jan. 29: Our drive today was sunny and mid-70s the whole way! Gorgeous!! I was surprised at how little "civilization" we saw most of the way. Once we got away from the obvious large cities, it was rolling countryside with lots of piney woods. Very pleasant and little traffic most of the time. We continued on I-65 south to Birmingham, AL, where we headed southeast on I-20/I-59. I-59 headed more southward just west of Meridian, MS. We followed it all the way down to Slidell, Louisiana to take I-12 west to the park. We are settled in at Fontainebleau State Park on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. We're on the outside of a camping loop overlooking the swamp, which is noisy with critters calling as the sun goes down. We have electricity, water, and internet access at our site, all for $9.00 a night (half price because we're volunteering this week with Habitat). We are in the “new” campground and we wonder if it was put in following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. It has a nice, new bathhouse with showers. And there is apparently a laundry here at the campground, possible on the other end of the bathhouse. This is certain to be the best, cheapest camping we'll have the whole time we're gone. It will be a great start for the camping portion of our time.
Wonders never cease!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy - looking forward to hearing about your work.