The drive down from Shreveport was pretty uneventful. We openly driving on Louisiana state roads and wearing Pennsylvania tags no less.
The speed limits kept changing as went from farmland to small town. Fortunately Mel kept a close eye on them for me and was helpfully advising me whenever they changed and I didn't.
We arrived in Lake Charles a little ahead of schedule. Well actually that depends on which schedule. The trip had three solutions from our three advisory systems. The Verizon Navigator was the longest of the three but it was showing a two hour delay on I10. The Garmin showed a time similar to the AAA trip pack but neither of those included real time traffic. Oddly it was those sources that were closer to the actual time.
Our practice for finding housing throughout this road trip was to find a Welcome Center and grab a coupon book, find a good coupon rate for a hotel which has breakfast and WiFi. In Lake Charles we found a non branded motel with the best rate but when we arrived it did not look well cared for and I thought we should pass. Mel thought it was worth a shot though.
Inside the receptionist explained the motel used to be a Best Western but was now in bankruptcy. She was very friendly and filled us in with info about places to eat and the casinos to visit.
Our first room had a few problems and we were moved to a better room, actually a suite with three rooms.
Breakfast was mostly home made. The lady who greeted us on Saturday had made the biscuits and gravy. It was pretty authentic southern cooking which was good because I was getting tired of the motel breakfast waffles.
After breakfast we set out for a day of meandering through Southern Louisiana en route to Biloxi.
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