Weekend trip

We made the big loop this past weekend and were able to visit with all of our children and grandchildren. Our second oldest grandchild was graduating from high school and we were able to attend. It was great to be able to go and offer congratulations in person. We don't get to see her very often so it was special.

We travelled 1300 miles in all and saw flooding on the Mississippi to extremely dry conditions in south Texas. On Friday we stopped for gas at Krotz Springs LA and folks were under evacuation orders as the Corps of Engineers was preparing to open the Morganza spillway and flood their homes. On Saturday as we crossed the Atchafalaya floodway we saw many pickups and trailers loaded with furniture and belongings being moved to higher ground. The water wasn't there yet but they knew it was coming, and when it did, all that was in the way would be lost. That was a sad part of the trip.

We did see some lower gas prices though and that was encouraging. All in all it was a good trip, we were safe, the car performed admirably and we are back home.