Hit the road early as we had to cover 730k today. Interesting seeing the different road kill over here. I have not seen any big stuff like our Kangaroos but I am sure there are areas that would be covered with them. We mostly have seen, racoons, turtles and lots if armadillos. In fact mostly armadillos. Travelling towards Little Rock Arkansas there was a mangy coyote just off the road in the grass next to an overpass. He wasn't bothered with the cars crossing the...

Decided to have a sleep in and nothing planned for the day. We went for a wander down to the Tanger Outlets to look for some bargains. Turns out this outlet was built on the Cotton Plantation where BB King was brought up and first discovered. I received a phone call (automated) from Avis that Jeep had recalled my hire car and I was to drop it off within the next 7 days, they did not tell me what the recall was for. After about an hour of messing around I found ou...

Another item I wanted to strike off my travel to do list is a visit to a slave plantation. There are quite a few to pick from but Laura Plantation kept receiving great reviews so we headed to it. It is located in a town called Vacherie between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. It is not the type of house out of "Gone with the Wind" (Oak Alley next door has that type of house) which most expect from these plantations but very closely resembles an old Queenslander. The ...