We set out from San Antonio and headed for NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Upon arriving, I have to admit my utter shock and dismay at what I saw; the majority of Visitor's Center was occupied by a giant ball pit and small ropes course called "Daredevil Island." This "attraction" had absolutely nothing to do with space or NASA, and to be honest, I was appalled that the Space Center was wasting space on this crap. Either way, they did have a tram tour of Mission Control, the Astronaut Training Facility, and the rocket garden at JSC, and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. Following JSC, we enjoyed some local Texas BBQ at Pappas BBQ and prepared for our first of three long-haul drives.
Which occurred today. Houston to Vicksburg was a loooooooong day. We drove through Southern Louisiana through the cities of Lake Charles, Lafayette, and Baton Rouge. We hit traffic in two of those cities and in a third place where a truck and caught on fire and brought the Interstate to a halt for over an hour. While the conversations that took place between us and the other drivers along the bayou was a nice way to kill the time until the traffice started to move again, I think we still would have preferred to have been continuing on our journey. Let's face it, traffic can occur absolutely anywhere and can be completely unexpected, and in reality, you just have to suck it up and deal with it because outside of the Northeast, the highway you're on is in all likelihood the only one that'll get you yo where you want to go. Just one more McNugget of wisdom for you to munch on. ;)
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