Well we made it back in one piece. The last day started pretty misty but cleared up pretty quick.
We stayed overnight in in Lake Charles and it was a lovely wee place with perhaps a bit more confederate memorabilia and statues than we would like but the history of the place shone through. Interestingly they had US flags around the bottom of the CSA monument which was interesting and shows the confusion that still exists I think in some of these little places in the Deep South.
Sitting on a lake (hence the name) it had some nice little eateries and a quirky art gallery which had a live chicken wandering about in it. We had lunch and tried the Boudin balls in Tia Juanita’s Fish Camp for lunch. Food was great and decent service too.
After a walk around and checking out the lake we got on the road for our final stint.
Once across the Texas border we stopped for our obligatory selfie with the state welcome sign and this rest stop was a wee bit different as it had a walkway out onto the swamp at the back so you could go out and try to see the gators or snakes. We spotted a small turtle and nothing else but we’re sure these other things are in there.
After 2600 miles and 5 states over 7 nights we got back to Round Rock about 7pm on the Saturday night. A good roadtrip and we saw so much of the country. We may need to go South or West next time!
McAllen Family Adventures 