U.S. Road Trip Day 18: Destination Mississippi

So a few things happened today. First, the fiancé was restless and wanted to leave early (he doesn’t believe that we will make it to Florida by July 4), so we ended up leaving before sunrise. Then while on the road, I began to experience sharp pains on my right abdomen area.  The pain was excruciating and I opt to go to the hospital. So at 5 AM, I was admitted to Baptist Beaumont Hospital in Beaumont, TX. My pain on a scale of 1 to 10 was a 9 at the time of admittance. A few hours later the ER couldn’t find anything wrong so they injected some morphine and released me. I had painkillers left over from before so I popped those for the rest of the road trip. I pretty much passed out for a few hours and left the poor fiancé to drive by himself. He was actually entertained the first few minutes I was on painkillers because I was talking like I was high. I don’t remember anything he said I did, so we will leave it at that. 

We hit Louisiana soon after leaving the small town of Beaumont. I woke up in time to take a picture of Lake Charles in Louisiana and spent the next few hours talking with the fiancé. By this time I was fully recovered from whatever I had this morning.

Bridge above Lake Charles, Lousiana

By 1 PM we crossed into Mississippi and stopped into their welcome center. We both decided to take a rest here since we were doing really great on time. Again, thank you fiancé for doing most of the driving! I found a Marriott in Gulf Port on my map and we drove in to get a room. With our family discount form we were able to get a room for a fraction of the price. 

After a quick shower and rest we headed out. I wanted to check out the outlet stores near the freeway. The outlet was small with a handful of stores. Since my appetite was finally back I craved sushi so we headed downtown. We stopped into TA Sushi Bar on 27^th Avenue. There were several seafood and oyster joints, but I was in the mood for sushi. The bar was a block from the port and nested between several lively bars. The waiter was sweet and served us promptly. The sushi was creative, but nothing too noteworthy. The evening was nice; not too hot and not too cold. There was a bit of activity downtown and it seems like a small fair was getting set up on the port. It might be for July 4^th. The fiancé and I took a walk around the block after dinner and took in the fresh air. We then headed back to the hotel, watched a movie, and called it a night.

So far, this road trip has been nothing but easy going. I enjoyed the trip and enjoyed taking in the Southern scenery. The train trip up north was beautiful, but the scenery here is beautiful in its own rights. I am sorry I couldn’t give you better scenic pictures. The cameras we used captured more blurry images than I liked, but then again I was never a great photographer to begin with. We will be in Florida by afternoon tomorrow.