Monday, April 14. Coldspring to Kountze, TX 65 miles
Our last full day in Texas and we're getting a Texas sized weather send off. The weather played a little with us yesterday, was supposed to have hit last night and this morning, but it turned out that none of that forecast was right. The correct forecast was the one that called for big boomers in the early afternoon, when we were about 10 miles from Kountze.
It actually sounds like other parts of Texas are getting hit harder, hail and some twisters, but here in the First United Methodist church of Kountze, TX, where we are spending the night, it is dry. And warm. For now. It is supposed to drop to 38 degrees tonight.
We were actually in a store in Honey Island when the owner showed us the radar and told us we had 20 minutes to get to town. While he might really just have wanted us to leave, his heart did seem to be in the right place and certainly his radar wasn't lying, the problem was that we were about 30 minutes from town.
So we put on our rain gear, headed down a great road and welcomed the rain. We crossed the city limit when the first thunder rumbled and were rolling into the church yard when the heavy stuff hit. We were supposed to camp here on the 'outside', but were invited in by the kind folks here at the UMC.
I am settled in to the nursery. A fine toy collection so the night should not be boring.
An interesting feature in this part of the world that at one time was 1 million acres, 100 miles by 50 miles and was called The Big Thicket. There is still a lot of it left but was virtually impenetrenable. Some game trails but animals were smart enough to avoid it. Outlaws, those wanting to avoid the Civil War, etc went in but not many others. It is not a swamp, good solid soil, just so overgrown as to be The Big Thicket. Interesting.
Tonight is the last night in TX. Crossing into Louisiana tomorrow. I don't think there will be any tears in our eyes upon leaving. It was fun, but time for a new state.
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