One last Laurel photo…
We were supposed to stay here another day, but a opportunity to visit with a couple of folks who live on the “North Shore”, which is what the people here in these parts call anything on the other side of Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, so we bailed on our stay to head south.
First up was another trip to Mandeville for café au lait and beignets with a friend. Halfway down I-59 south we got a text that she couldn’t make it because of a prior arrangement she forgot about. Not a problem we were still going to the Café Du Monde for treats, but we changed the location to Covington instead of Mandeville because it was more on our way to the second rendezvous in Hammond. This is where we visited with the mother of Sally, who we on our way to see in Santa Fe, and a second Mom to Donna when she was living in New Orleans back in the 60s & 70s.
So now, tomorrow instead of going from Laurel, MS to Leesville, LA we are driving from Hammond, LA to Leesville. Before we were going to be heading due west on US84 for most of it, but now we have to go west northwest and there are a lot of rivers (including the Mississippi and the Atchafalaya), bayous and swampy areas that preclude an easy direct route. This afternoon we created a convoluted route and we are hopeful of being able stay on it tomorrow.