Fl Trip Day 11 Almost Home

So today we made it out of FL and all the way to LA. We got a phone call from our cousin Randy Roak yesterday saying that he would be in TX and wanted to stop by to see us since he was in town. We told him that we were on our way back to TX from FL. He said that since he was heading East on the 10 and we were heading West on the 10, that we should met somewhere in the middle and visit for a while.
We then decided that we would not push driving into TX tonight. The kids have been so good on the trip. So today at around 1:30 PM we took a detour in Louisiana and made our way out way to Fontainebleau State Park off of HWY 1089 in Mandeville, LA. It was a nice smaller state park right on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain. The kids all wanted to play in the water and sand, so we did for about 1 and a half hour. It was nice break after all our driving.
After we dried off, dusted the sand off and loaded back up we drove to just on the other side of Baton Rouge and met up with Randy for a dinner break at a small cafe. The place had some real good shrimp, pork ribs, and fish. Then we said good bye to Randy (after checking out his rig) and drove for another 45 minutes and stopped for the night. We knew we would be home by the afternoon of the next day, so it was nice to sneak in another family visit on the trip. We were glad to be near home as we were really missing the dogs and sleeping in our own beds. It will be nice to be back in TX tomorrow.

The kids and Glenn in front of the old Sugar Mill in Fontainebleau State Park, Glenn & Merlova snuggle on the sandy beach area after swimming in Lake Pontchartrain, a tortoise is discovered by Akorren, my 3 sand bugs digging, a brief reunion with cousin Randy.