Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Dudy Goes West

So Rudy's graduation (pics to come) went wonderful.  We left our friends and family on Sunday the 3rd of August to head 14.5 hours West towards Bryan, TX.  We had a tearful goodbye at Big City Bread 11am EST and our plan was to drive 10 hours to Shreveport, LA to spend the night.

After stopping in Vicksburg, MS for dinner, we realized very quickly that there was no where to eat.  So we continued on to Louisiana where we found a good ole Olive Garden.  We pressed on to arrive at 11pm CST in Shreveport.  We were exhausted but we made it. The next day was about four hours of driving and we entered Bryan/College Station, our new home.

Overall, in my opinion, the trip went well. Rudy is not a fan of being in the car more than 3 hours so he was a bit restless.  He and I split the drive and here are some pics we took:


Rudy so happy driving :)


crossing the Mississippi 
(I had never done that by car!)


the Louisiana Bayou at sunset





downtown shreveport











we're home...


front window looking out at dusk


our stuff


another front window view looking out


our side window views

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Rudy now wears earplugs to bed because these trains are loud and run twice an hour! Luckily, they run only three times per night. I grew up right next to a train so I have no problems sleeping (thanks to the Sarine tendency to be heavy sleepers).



3 comments:

Jeremy said...

Y'all have some nice views. I was really hoping to hear the train horn, tho. :)

GrabMoL said...

Ooh, I like your place! Can't wait to see pictures once you've got it all decorated!

I bet Rudy will get used to the trains pretty soon.

Grandmother said...

Just looked at the pics of your apt and I like the views, not sure about the trains.
You'll probably get use to them soon.
I survived TS Kay, sure did have a lot of pickup though.
Love you,
Grandmother