Blog: September 2003

• Following the Mississippi to New Orleans

  Sep 15, 2003 / 23 years agoTours

  Odometer: 111,410 07:15 waking up - then nice breakfast and leaving at 9:30 on Hwy 10 to Baton Rouge. After Henderson the highway leads on at least 15 mile long bridge over swamps, lakes and…

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• Port Arthur to Lafayette

  Sep 14, 2003 / 23 years agoTours

  Odometer: 111,145 08:00 getting up. 09:30 after a nice breakfast we drive back to Port Arthur and nearly get lost again. Eventualy we find the bridge over to Louisiana and down to the gulf again.…

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• Houston to Beaumont

  Sep 13, 2003 / 23 years agoTours

  Odometer: 110,910 8:20 time to get up and have some waffles/pancakes for breakfast. Before we leave, I call John again - and reach him. At 10:30 we are at their house and have coffee until…

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• Trying to see an old friend

  Sep 12, 2003 / 23 years agoTours

  Odometer: 110,721 8:15 getting up. 09:00 leaving towards the coast again. It’s raining and the sky is dark grey. We drive along the ocean to Galveston and try to imagine how it would look if…

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• Aransas National Wildlife Refuge

  Sep 11, 2003 / 23 years agoTours

  Odometer: 110,482 8:00 getting up. 10:00 leaving to Mustang Island State Park which we are just passing. In Port Aransas we visit the Birding Center near the water treatment plant. Besides cormorants and white and…

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• Corpus Christy, TX

  Sep 10, 2003 / 23 years agoTours

  Odometer: 110227 07:30 getting up - 09:30 on Hwy 77 north to Corpus Christy - 130 miles through tropical landscape with lots of ponds and palm trees along the Hwy. We are wondering whether there…

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• Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge

  Sep 9, 2003 / 23 years agoTours

  Odometer: 110,055 8:00 getting up - 9:30 Visitor Center and on to Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. We drive and walk around until about 2:00 p.m.  We see a deer, some rabbits, a fox, doves,…

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• South Padre Island

  Sep 8, 2003 / 23 years agoTours

  Odometer: 109,795 7:40 we wake up. 9:30 time to pack and go. We first stop at a tire and tune-up place to get the brakes checked and the tires replaced. Shortly after 11:00 we are…

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• Amistad

  Sep 7, 2003 / 23 years agoTours

  Odometer: 109,568 8:00 we get up. Breakfast was not included either, so we leave half an hour later. First we drive back 10 miles to have a closer look at the Amistad Reservoir. A deep…

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