Spring Training Trip - Day 64

We left the RV Park in New Orleans about 7:45 am this morning and headed west.  We were on I-10 the whole way to Columbus, Texas, our stop for the night.

The trip was long but uneventful.  The roads were dry, we had a slight tailwind, and the traffic wasn’t too bad.  We did go through a lot of cities along the way, starting with New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Beaumont, and Houston.

Columbus, Texas is a small town about 50 miles west of Houston on the Colorado River.  The first settlers arrived in 1832 and the town since then has a storied history, including the site of a battle in the Mexican American War in 1848.  Today, the town appears to be fairly prosperous with an economy based on rice farming, oil & gas, cattle, and sand and gravel extraction. 

The RV Park where we are staying is a relatively small mom & pop operation and is not really a destination RV park (except for a few permanent residents in a variety of travel trailer combinations). It has everything we need for an overnight stay however and is far enough off of the highway to minimize any vehicle traffic noise on I-10.

We didn’t bother to unhook the VW and after dinner we are both planning to retire early.  It is another long travel day tomorrow to Ft. Stockton, TX.  There are no cities to drive through, as we are approaching the more “expansive” section of Texas between here and El Paso.  It is a long drive across Texas with 880 miles between the eastern Texas Border and El Paso along I-10.

Date 64 Pictures