Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Alexandria, LA - Day 9

Miles 245
The weather has certainly changed. We had a warm night, even took off our extra blanket. I've retired the thin sweatshirt top and have sleeveless for sleeping now! It was very windy in the night, we heard trash can tipping over and blowing by. It is a balmy 66 degrees this morning. As the day progressed we passed into Louisiana and ended up in Alexandria, LA with 75 degrees. It is still windy but did it not create any problems towing the trailer. We just slowed down a bit. We traversed Hwy 37 and 69, which got us back to Hwy 20. From Hwy 20 we took a short cut to 49 on LA3132. Then it was Hwy 49 south at Shreveport, LA. As we passed a turnoff for Leesville I was nostalgic. I hope we can take a side trip on the way back and go by Fort Polk where Jeff was stationed. We visited him there in Feb. 1990, and towed the 1970 Ford Maverick Sport to him while he was stationed there. We were able to spend the weekend near Fort Polk and visit him and introduce his new little brother Steven, then we turned around and drove straight back home!  We are at WM tonight and looking forward to our 5 day stop beginning tomorrow in New Orleans!
Beautiful, thick forests






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