Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Jackson, MS to Waco, TX

After a wonderful night of restful sleep, we were both awake around 5:00 this morning, got ready, had breakfast and were rolling out of Jackson, Mississippi about 6:45.100_4616

Read one of my daily devotionals going down the road.100_4617

Not even 7:00 in the morning and it’s already 82 degrees!100_4619

And we were on our way to Vicksburg.100_4620

Now there goes an encourager!100_4621

A going down the road shot in the early morning long shadows.100_4623

In less than an hour, we were at the Mississippi welcome center in Vicksburg, on the Mississippi River.100_4626

I thoroughly enjoyed taking pictures here. 100_4627 100_4631100_4632100_4629 100_4630

The Welcome Center.  The back door faces the river. 100_4634

A barge on the river. 100_4638

This flag posed for a few seconds for the camera.  100_4639 100_4640 100_4642 100_4644 100_4646 100_4647 100_4648 100_4649 100_4650

It’s not even 8:00 AM and we’re already in Louisiana.100_4651

Of course, it’s humid, so it feels like it’s 100 degrees.100_4660

We’re meeting our good friends Jimmy and Lucy in Bossier City, for lunch.  We are so excited to get to see them.100_4661

Their granddaughter, Sarah, is spending the week with them, so we got to meet her!   It took a her little bit to warm up to us, but she really liked Don, imagine that, and really got into telling stories about her daddy when he was a boy.  Her facial expressions were so cute, kind of similar to her grandmother’s.  Jimmy has no clue that he’s in this picture, too. 100_4663

We thoroughly enjoyed Sarah’s stories. 100_4664

Sarah sure does favor her Mimi. 100_4665

Jimmy and Don. 100_4666

I told you Sarah likes Don.  No one told her to stand there, she just walked up and leaned on his leg as if to say, “I want my picture made with him, too.”  Cuteness.100_4668

Soon it was time to get back on the road, and put Shreveport behind us.100_4669

By 12:30 PM, we were back in Texas, but still had hours to travel before getting to Waco, our goal for the night.100_4671

When we got to Waco about 4:00 pm, we got our motel room and then met Leslie and family at Bush’s Fried Chicken.  We love Bush’s!!!  After dinner, they all came to the motel and the kids swam and Leslie pampered her sore muscles (from working out) in the hot tub.2011 Jun 28 Jackson, MS to Waco, TX-1

Praise the Lord, we had another comfortable bed and were in it before 11:00 PM.  So thankful to be safely with family once again, even for only one evening.

1 comment:

Joel and Linda said...

We had stopped at Vicksburg! The battlefield and the storier were really gory and I can't imagine people even moving around in the brush and vegetation!!! What a, I'm going to call it "stupid" war! Guess all people have different ideas though.