-- Keeping Our Distance (Day 14)

 

Our new “alarm clock” woke us up at about 6am (aka Mom’s coughing fit).  Mom says she hasn’t had a bad cold like this since my brothers were in grade school. I guess they brought home a lot of germs back then.

Mom, coughing up a lung

 

 

 

Today was another travel day.  We continued east on I-10.  Sure are lots of swamps around here. 

Henderson Swamp

 

 

 

The interstate was like one looooong mega-bridge.

 

 

We crossed over the Mississippi River -- even though we were still in Louisiana -- geez, I'm so confused...

cue theme song from Taxi

 

 

 

We stopped for lunch at a place called Zea Rotisserie & Grill.  It was dee-lish! 

Wish they had these restaurants in So Cal

 

 

Then we crossed into Mississippi:

What has four I's but can't see?   hahaha

 

 

Another one of Mom's photographic failures:

Nice try, Mom

 

All of a sudden, we were in Alabama!

 

Inside the George C. Wallace Tunnel in Mobile, Alabama:

 

Hold your breath -- We're underneath the Mobile River!

All the excitement of the drive made me sleepy.  I stuck my nose in the vent and took a snooze.

When I woke up, it was just in time to cross the state border into Florida:

Tonight, we're camping at the Blackwater River State Park.

 

 

 

 

Dad took me for a sunset walk:



 

 

We walked to the Blackwater River and saw this sign:

 

 

Looks like I won't be squirrel-hunting in this area...

 

C'mon in, Tank.  The water's fine...

 

 

 

Egads.  I want my mommy.

 

 

 

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