Candlewood Suites Sulphur

... afriendlier person when I visit the US. Plus, as much as Hong Kong ishailed as a shopper’s paradise, nothing beats the US. Outlet malls and discountvenues such as DSW are a cornerstone of a budget shopper’s existence and theycater to all sizes there, which as a big-boned girl (I’ve always been fond of this expression) I greatly value. There’s nothing quite as torturing as shopping as a size 8-10 in Asia. Perhaps in the US I am regarded as average ...

... has abandoned a refrigerator on the side of the road. The sunrise is 40 feet tall, thirty feet wide, a few clouds linger above it. An animal flitters across the road and it's a mystery creature. I have no idea what it was, but it doesn't matter. Beer cans litter the ditch. A fence holds me out of a field. A dilapidated house across the way, everything sinking into decay.

Quick entry, then back to the Casino for a little early morning action. Twenty-five bucks and I get a RV hookup site and all the fantastic amenities of this fine resort. What a deal. Gotta be on the road by noon - New Orleans, here I come!

... to stop here. After getting certified, Darrell's buddy P-Nut took me over to Florida for a weekend of scuba diving in Vortex springs and Morrison Springs. It was a kick ass weekend and I only saw one person die. During the first dive I saw this old guy swim under me and I thought to myself, man he looks old. Come to find out ...

... no charge, and provided a great map describing the various stops and trails. The park is set up as a large loop of paved road with various walking trails and viewpoints all along the way. One area contained a tower that we climbed where we were able to view a pair of nesting whooping cranes. I feel pretty lucky to have seen them, since they are extremely rare and endangered - there are only about 225 of the species in the entire world right ...

I'll pay my library fines and then off to Ragley to leave the Mercedes with Dad for the next three months (at least). He will take me to Intercontiental Airport Houston very early in the AM New Years Eve for a connection in San Francisco before crossing the Pacific to Seoul and finally Phnom Penh late New Year's Day.

... the problem, then they give you a free night. Well, I had tried for two hours to connect to the internet the night before and then again in the morning. I called the front desk and he gave me the number to the third party tech support line. I called them and worked for 20 minutes to find out that the hotel's servers were not working. So I asked the front desk to fix the problem and they couldn't. Internet connection is the principal ...

... Pointe. I can't believe that...even in Florida the highest I paid (at Sandestin) was $2.90...guess they're mighty proud of their casino or else they're waiting for The Donald to stop by in his megayacht... We got to Bridge Pointe just in the nick of time. The weather was getting really ugly again and by the time we tied up in our slip, it came down in buckets again, with tornadic-looking clouds hovering ...

We are back in Texas today in a city called Orange. Not much here... at all! But they did have a nice theatre and it was pretty full, so they must have something going on! Tomorrow we continue on to Waco TX, and supposedly nothing is there either. We are performing at the David Koresh Auditorium... Just kidding, I don't ...

Lake Charles is a "quiet" medium sized city. More of a blue collar town because of the oil and gas industries nearby. It can be downright boring some days as it is so quiet but I am not complaining. Food...there are some good local food eateries such as Steamboat Bill's, Luna's, Hong Kong Chinese and I must say Buffalo Wild Wings has some good eating (for a franchise I am surprised). I am renting a room while I do a contract project here so the neighborhoods ...