Odometer: 113,329 About 6:45 (we are back in Pacific Time Zone) we get up and at 7:30 we leave. Once more we drive through Saguaro Park on our way to Hwy 86. As soon as we are on the highway the Seguaros are gone. We see some more later on along the road, but they…...

Odometer: 113,015 07:20 For once I get up first. Shortly before 9:00 we are ready to go. First on Hwy 10 further west for about 30 miles, then south on 146 and west again on 9. More than 50 miles just desert, now and then some houses, or cows and (wild) horses. Signs indicate that…...

Odometer: 112,712 6:30 we get up (actually under the assumption that it is an hour later though) - 8:30 on the road to the Caverns again. We first take the 9.5 miles Walnut Canyon Desert Drive, a one way road showing us cactuses and rocks as well as some small birds but nothing we couldn’t…...

Odometer: 112,165 7:15 Marco is getting up. 08:00 after Marco spoke with the Sheriff office in Natchitoches we are leaving. On Hwy 20 we pass Dallas, Arlington and Fort Worth. Out of town we take Hwy180 and witness how quickly the vegetation changes again from green to nearly desert like. Over hundreds of miles we…...

Odometer: 110,695 07:20 getting up after a lousy nights of throwing up etc. Something with salad with grilled shrimp must have been wrong. Marco is getting everything ready so we can leave at around 9:00. From Baton Rouge we take Hwy 1 north to Alexandria. I’m sleeping a lot but Marco is enjoying driving through…...

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 rivers. The bridge is not high. So, we drive about half way up in the trees. In Port Allen we…...

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. Sabine National Wildlife Refuge is not what we expected; it is more a fishing area than a way that leads…...

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 about 12:30. It was very nice seeing him and Rose again and we believe they were happy to see us…...

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 the weather were nice. Almost all the houses along the coast are built on pillars which looks kind of funny.…...