ah damn 7:00 a.m. how you doing everybody from a Louisiana Welcome
Center here today we shall be getting into Texas I overnight it here at a
Welcome Center and it's called something else but it was closed last night
actually gonna let's go check it out now let's see if we can find out exactly
where I am this morning before we get on the road West open of course around
11:00 p.m. last night a Class C pulling a car from Quebec parked right next to
me and ran their generator even though the parking lot was wide the hell open
every time man it's not just Canadians it's like I have to cuddle with this
other or be I have to run my generator right next to his bed there's no other
options it's so weird man every time I talk to our beers I try to just slap
some sense and it was like dude get away from me have some respect man I don't
get it man but anyway this Louisiana rest area is
also home to the at folia National Heritage Area oh it's an NPS thing No so
the area is run by the National Park System but this is just a Louisiana
State rest area and it's Welcome Center it's pretty cool we cut some
animatronics in here I swear he was just moving a second ago there he goes hey
turtle and there's a raccoon that may peaked up over the stump here
look at this alligator skin it's just creepy there's a movie in there also it
says it's in progress right now maybe he'll come back to us go outside first
mr. green turtle we will still be careful of Gators guys
these ones are harmless but it's still pretty cool there mr. tooth man all
right a tiny turtle and it's really swampy in
here birds and another Gator and and my socks are soaked I instantly regret
walking through here let's get back up to higher ground
are these egrets I think that's what you call these guys
egrets anyways my last day in Louisiana just still trying to get to Texas and by
the way I never did get a confirmation that my new bank card had been arrived
so it would not have worked to stay and try to have that forwarded to me because
we have flat out running out of time anyway so hopefully it'll be there it
escapees when I arrived in Livingston but it's one of those things man gonna
be making a change soon to fix this so it doesn't happen again
but for right now let's let's get through Louisiana there's anything fun I
will definitely stop a chair with you yeah back on i-10 here the sunshine is
trying to peek in I think we will see some sunshine at some point today
that's a good thing some of these Louisiana roads on the interstate are
really rough earlier off I've heard stories I remember I do you remember and
I want to apologize up front for the quality of the videos here as I travel
west as you know if you've been following my channel we're on a mission
to take care of a problem that's out of my control and so there's not a whole
lot of stops there's not a whole lot of creativity right this moment until I get
to Texas but be patient with me it's coming I will make it up to you guys in
Texas for the rest of the winter I promise hang tight I told my buddy Wayne
that I would stop in Wayne Louisiana and check out the town forum see why is this
road you can't see it on the Camerons I know it's not gonna show up but these
expansions are like eight inches wide and it's just atrocious what the heck
look off to the right there's a big steel frog well we could pull in here
maybe you can't dry the classe around town watch me and yeah the Sun came out
its peeking through the clouds right now I want to show you this mural but I got
to face you right into the Sun right there okay there you go
big ol mural with a big toad frog I mean because look
frog capital of the world Lane Louisiana there you go did you even
know that there was a frog capital of the world why does that say rain did I
say Wayne oops gets wood this is not Wayne Louisiana
it's with an R Raymond ok sorry actually I should have just kept calling it Wayne
so I get hundreds of hateful comments look at this guy the Frog of rain
Louisiana fantastic detail buddy I love the bow tie tuxedo oh yeah looking good
oh and he's got the cane I guess everything I might try to film to say
it's gonna be right into the Sun well anyway actually hold that thought it's
not my fault that I said Wayne instead of rain because the city welcome sign is
completely blank right now usually this says welcome to rain I know what
happened they probably had some idiot teenagers graffiti it up so they just
painted over it all white and they're probably getting ready to repaint on
welcome to rain Louisiana's there you go frog capital of
the world well we had to see if our favorite baby Gators here right heard
they've been doing some remodel the cater shots ow shit oh shit how do you
say that word shit shit whatever let's go find out Jax I'm in my buggy
man I'm in my cap buggy that's right in Jax all right buddy I believe they are
pet-friendly here let's go find out yeah definitely we modeled this building
since I was last here it's been a while Jax you excited don't go see if we can
see a gator and give them gator kisses yeah major remodeling hair Christmas
tree well I guess it's a Mardi Gras chorizo that counts but this is their
new building there and their souvenirs there's even some magnets over there
we'll checked out on the way out but Jax is eager to go see the Gator so we're
gonna go in
in there I see one
I'm gonna get him
look at that one right there oh there's two of them they're tiny
are you impressed yeah look at this guy what is it what is that you don't want
to give him Gator kisses he's very curious his eyes look like yours you
don't want a pet Gator you don't think I can do it
no guys wouldn't get along well you're not hissing thank you he's cute
have a good day Peter magnin I'm gonna go with you got Nemo on top of the
magnet I like that one all right and we'll display my Gator
magnet up here on the board to anyone else it's just a normal looking Gator
magnet with no meaning but to me every time I look at it I'll remember Jack's
going nose to nose with a baby Gator uh-huh oh my gosh I got such cute
pictures of Jackson the Gator I'm gonna put this on Instagram real quick before
I get back on the road that's too cute all right posted next stop Texas y'all
hello Texas state line Orange County Texas yes and the Texas travel
information center free map and literature yes let's do it
cause it actually feels really good to finally be back in Texas honestly which
way do we go I can't read that sign yeah come on oh and I went the wrong way well
come on Texas everything supposed to be bigger in Texas
you wrote that so small and you put it after the Y let's let all the cars are
going over to the truck side anyway we nobody can read the sign maybe I can
still get over there yeah I should be fine I'm just gonna go forward and then
back into one of these slots hang on there is actually a method to my madness
let me get parked and I'll share with you my thoughts here believe me now many
years of carving on the road and staying at rest areas has taught me a few things
so the RV and truck section is over here or trailers or whatever there is also
smaller sites for classes right there and an additional I guess one two three
sites here for RVs and I thought about this very carefully because I want to be
able to sleep decently well so rather than pull up and not know what's gonna
be behind me because remember the rear of my RV this is where my bed is so I'm
trying to control my environment a little more by backing up all the way to
the last stall here you can't park anything right here especially not a
semi truck so I do feel like my bedroom is gonna be far enough away from the
trucks tonight that I'm gonna actually get some good sleep so a little bit of
thinking and planning although come on Texas you have got to make that sign
bigger when we're coming in you know 35 miles an hour speed limit you still
cannot tell which way we're supposed to go put this sign either farther away or
increase the text size because that's that's tricky it's tricky Texas my home
it's my new home it's my transplant home and the size of this star here via Texas
star that's awesome so yeah I don't remember this place I
don't know if I've ever stopped here before but I don't recognize that
building let's go get a map dibs any coffee before we head in though one word
about Texas and kind of half the reason why I changed my residency to Texas and
that is because Texas is such a friendly state to our viewers I mentioned this
every time I get back because I can't stop smiling about how different Texas
is but in the state of Texas the huge state of Texas with the massive highway
system every single highway rest area welcome center or picnic area allows
free overnight parking notice it and say camping or setting up a tent or anything
like that but free overnight parking for 24 hours for any vehicle okay after 24
hours you need to move on down the road and find another one but rest their
picnic areas are probably the best ones cuz it's mostly just cards fans camper
vans and small RVs picnic areas but you know you don't have to worry about where
you're gonna sleep at the Walmart's don't allow in Texas you can always
always find a rest area or a picnic center and basically live in Texas for
free boondocking at rest areas if that's what you want to do you know kind of
kind of gets old and it's noisy helpful employees in there let me know that this
place has actually been remodeled and they've made a bunch of changes and
improvements to this rest area so actually I am sure I have stopped here
before but you don't don't even recognize that they've changed it so
much I got a new Texas Highway map and a big Texas travelers guidebook because I
may be here a little while they have three residents wild Gators in these
waters here three of them that stay here and I guess obviously you're not
supposed to but tourists and people will feed them and that's a big no-no but
that's also probably why three of them stay here so
the nice little boardwalk they built so that we can safely come out here and
just look around you know see anything
I'll be honest with you this is not the prettiest part of Texas this this rest
area this swampland this does not represent Texas Texas is a beautiful
state and I love it and there's lots of natural areas and there's lots of
campgrounds too so plan here like I said I still have not gotten that bank card
and they've already deactivated my other card so I've got to go in and I don't
know if I'm gonna have camp but the escapees park up there in Livingston or
I'm gonna try to boondock at Walmart and Home Depot but I've got to either figure
out if they're really behind with sorting the mail so I got to go there in
person and say look I need that card I need my bank card bad or I got to go to
a Bank of America that's there isn't one in Livingston so I may have to stop by
and say hey it got lost of course I need you to mail me another one or whatever
or take out all my money and go to another bank yeah so that's the plan
just be patient with me guys cuz I don't I don't know what I'm gonna do while I'm
in Texas I've got a lot of stuff to sort out the bank issue is just one of those
issues so be patient guys I'll provide some better video here soon and I
appreciate everything so you guys be well Jackson I'll see you soon from
Texas bye guys