We pulled out of the vineyard at about 8:30 am. We stopped at the local Kroger for a few groceries and our Starbucks. We passed through Conroe, and continued east along Texas Hwy 105. The road meandered through the countryside all the way to Beaumont, TX, where we joined up again with the 10.
The highway offered typical roadside scenes, but there were some very nice stretches…
After passing through Beaumont we finally reached the Louisiana border…
There were water views everywhere…
As we traveled east on the 10 the roads got worse and worse. This stretch is notorious for being the worst interstate in the nation. There would be a newly repaired road for 2 miles, then junk road for 1/4 mile, then 3 miles of good, then 5 miles of bad, 2 miles of good, 1/4 mile of bad. Why they can’t fix it all at one time is a mystery… Finally we reached a causeway over a bayou that went for 18 miles. It wasn’t horrible.
We reached the Frenchman’s Wilderness RV Park, the meet-up location of the caravan. We are officially here!
We met several of the caravaners who were also arriving a day early. The caravan officially begins tomorrow.
We walked the park, enjoyed seeing the accumulating Airstreams.
This is a really nice park – lots of space, lots of grass, too many trees (at least as far as my satellite TV is concerned…). The weather was warm (high 70s) and a little humid, although I don’t think anyone besides us desert dwellers noticed…
The entrance and the office/store…
Happy hours ensued…
And an enjoyable time was had by all…
Adventures in the Villa 
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