Well we made it to Port Arthur Texas! 
We finally made it to the ocean. Of course we are in the town where oil and water do mix, (town slogan) So we will not be doing any swimming as the water seems a bit scary.
Hopefully we will make it New Orleans tomorrow afternoon. I am really excited about being in the South as I have never really explored this area before.


Abby Orange has been doing great! We have not had any troubles with her at all. (knock on wood)  We did have an issue in Colorado. We are pulling a trailer with Tim's tools and all of the books I could not bare to part with. Needless to say it is heavy. While driving we heard this awful screeching noise like the tire rim running on the road. ( I assumed this was going to be the first of many flat tires) It turned out to be our trailer had come unwelded at the front  and it was dragging. We couldn't believe that the whole thing didn't come off.  Tim AKA McGyver said he could fix it with some metal and weld it back together. He went to the one house that was around and asked if they had any metal.  Jessie and Mark were very helpful. Jessie provided and old piece of fence and Mark was a welder and he welded our trailer back together.  Sometimes breaking down in the middle of nowhere is the best thing that can happen.

Adjusting to living in a much smaller environment has a strong learning curve.  I wish I could say that we are like the Partridge Family singing our way across the South. We have had tears, loud voices, and frustration all around. Of course we have had some great laughs and I am sure many of the frustrations will be great stories later in life.  I have to learn to slow down, take some deep breaths and realize it will work out eventually. That is one of the main reasons we wanted to take this trip. To be able to enjoy the now and not worry about what the next step is.

I will be posting pictures soon. Of course my camera died and I could not  find the charger.  The other problem is that whenever we stop somewhere we are in the water. I really need to get a waterproof camera at some point since all of our activities seem to revolve around water.