Kirsten's Adventure, Part 2

We stopped in Vicksburg, MS, to stretch our legs and get some fresh air.  C knows a lot about the Civil War, because she has read a lot of books about it.  She told me about the siege at Vicksburg.  

What I found amazing, is the size of the Mississippi River.  There are two bridges going across here.  One is old and is used for foot traffic only.  The weather was divine.

We drove through Louisiana.  We stopped in Shreveport and got a milkshake and visited Walmart.  M had a little problem with the GPS and rather more traffic than she ever remembered Shreveport having.

After having driven through Texas, we all three think that Texans have forgotten the Texas way of driving friendly.  Maybe that is just on the highways and interstates.  They seemed friendly enough in downtown Waco, where we visited the Dr. Pepper Museum.

It was very informative.  Did you know the Dr. Pepper factory was hit by a tornado once?  It was!

C and M found a nice Hawaiian restaurant, where we had gluten free lunch!  Yum!

We drove on to the house of S, who lives in Shertz, TX, just northeast of San Antonio.  Another of M's friends flew in that Saturday, so we had a wonderful time.  S has a nice big house, with room for all of us to stay a couple days.

We headed out toward El Paso, but took the highway north from Ft. Stockton, and headed to Carlsbad, New Mexico.  We stopped in Ft. Stockton to have lunch.  C found an amazing cafe that was veteran owned.  They had amazing fries, cheeseburgers, and sodas.  They had gluten free options!!