We drove from Houston, Texas, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the on to Lafayette where we are spending the night. We enjoyed a meal of fried allligator, grilled catfish and mushrooms stuffed with crab. Great Cajun cuisine.

We saw the first armadillo we have ever seen in the wild. It's a shame it was in such sad circumstances...

We stopped for a snack in the small Texas town of Saratoga. Most of the buildings on the main street look like this...

But fortunately the general store/pizza shop was still standing and the pizza was very good...

The residents of Louisiana have a laid-back attitude to life, as evident in the sign that greets you entering and leaving Starks. Their choice of font for the sign looks like it was done in the 1960s, but it is fairly recent.

Louisiana is very, very wet and green. There are swamps and rice paddies everywhere...

Tomorrow we are going to try and see some alligators in their natural habitat. We hope they don't hold grudges over us eating their relatives for dinner tonight.