Jamie enjoying shrimp Po-Boy at Monkhouse Seafood Diner.
There's a baptist church on every corner in the south.
It's been a while since my last posts - time sure flies when traveling! So I will try to recount what happens as good as I can, and while my memory is more or less intact.
We were happy to get away from Clinton - that place was creepy. Continuing to follow I-40, we drove through no less than 4 states in one day! Briefly, that is. After passing Idabel in the south-east part of Oklahoma, we entered Texas again. Ah, how we missed the smell of fresh manure. After approx. 35 miles, we drove into the town of Texarkana at, you guess it, just after entering Arkansas. A few miles later... we're in sweet Louisiana!
Our first stop there was Shreveport. It's the third-largest city in Louisiana. According to Wikipedia Shreveport is "the commercial and cultural center of the Ark-La-Tex, the area where Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas meet. Many people in the community refer to the two cities of Shreveport and Bossier City as Shreveport-Bossier".
The part of the Mississippi river that runs through the city is often referred to as The Red River. The riverfront area here was absolutely stunning, with gorgeous private estates, lots of piers, and public places.
After checking into our motel for the night, we ate dinner at the Monkhouse Seafood Diner. This was my first encounter with real southern food, so there's no need to elaborate my lack of knowledge of the cuisine lingo. "What's a Po Boy?" You get it. Nevertheless, I indulged in an enormous fried crawfish Po Boy with fries. Yumm! Jamie tried the shrimp version. Our first Louisiana meal definitely lived up to our expectations.
Full and happy, we retreated to our cool hotel room, watched a few episodes of Dexter and passed out.
Next: The Big Easy!
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