Day Three

The drive here (to Covington, LA) today was beautiful--the yards profuse with azaleas, especially the hot pink variety, and the roadsides gold with wildflowers.

I discovered a triangle of small Louisiana towns not far from Lafayette--which I definitely hope to return to  during azalea season: Arnauldville, Grand Coteau, and Sunset.  With the huge mossy live oak trees and the bright shocks of pink and blanket of golds, I felt like I was driving in a giant Easter basket out here in the swamp.

Joy identified these by text: groundsels

The traffic through Baton Rouge was so slow it took two hours to get to the other side of the Mississippi Bridge.

As soon as I got to the other side, so happy to be moving again, I got the low-tire signal on the dash.  Ugh Oh!

I took the first exit--Airline Drive--and found the only Discount Tire  in Louisiana and within an hour was on my way to Covington, where Betty and I met--

three hours later than planned. 

Betty and I had dinner at Buster's Place in downtown Covington--one of my favorite travel stops.

Shrimp Po-Boy and raw oysters for her, Catfish for me....