Slogging through the Monsoons, Day 2 over to

Just as we woke up this morning at 0615, we heard the pitter patter of rain on the roof-  That turned into 366 miles of driving, monsoonal rain that we drove through for most of the day today!  Didn't help when we made two stops for National Parks, got drenched, or when we had to walk the dog.  Ugh. 

We covered 366 miles, stopped twice for a revisit to the Vicksburg, Mississippi National Military Park, and then another stop at the Poverty Point National Monument in Louisiana.  That is my 168th park. 

For today, we averaged 8.7 miles per gallon, used 41 gallons of fuel- and did our 366 miles.  We were out for 10 hours, 11 minutes, of which 8 hours and 16 minutes were moving.  Our moving average was 52 mph, and our overall average was 42 mph. 

We settled in at the Wal Mart at Longview, Texas.  We're 300 feet from what seems to be a major rail road track, so I'm guessing we may have a visit or two tonight...

I've decided to reopen my National Park and Baseball Blog sites again, so I'll do a further report on the 2 National Parks we visited today there.  You can visit that site here: 
http://jimbobsnationalparks.blogspot.com/

I'll post the details of the visits to Vicksburg and Poverty Point there.   

We are now only about 3 hours from Dallas, and we will for sure get in a day early.  I called Lewisville, and they don't have room for us for the early arrival so far, we'll call later-  Might have to stay at McClains, or find an Elk's club or something, or may just Wal Mart it again. 

Here's a Buster's eye view of our road today, I-20 most of the way.  This was towards the end of the day, when the rain finally cleared.