Norene turns down a swim!

28 March 2014 Traveling to Sam Houston Jones State Park

I-10 eastbound is a combination of hairy/scary (through Houston) and boring (after Houston). A highlight of this segment was the Louisiana Welcome Centre just inside the state line. Free fresh hot coffee coupled with genuine southern hospitality.

And the Centre is located on a lake.

We took a few pics on the way.

The easy part before Houston (this is the Victoria cutoff)

Only 30+ miles to Lake Charles

Leaving Texas - Louisiana State Line

And since the Centre looked so nice we took the usual tourist shots.

Nice lake in the background

Hurry up I smell coffee

Of course my resident fish wanted to take a stroll down to the shore of that nice lake. Get closer so we could read the signs.

She saw this…

No "No Swimming" signage needed for Norene. Where is Norene?

Met her back at Harvey.

Inside.

Swim’s off.

Let’s get going!

Approaching from the west you go through Westlake. Not real pretty here.

Or here.

Maybe a swim at Sam Houston Jones State Park would be better…