Texas is hot, still prefer the heat to our winter. Left around 10 again. The drive from baton rouge to lafayette on i-10 west is cool, you are basically over swamp the whole time. The highway is raised, and runs straight through the bayou, or least that was my impression. The drive from lafayette to the state border was hot and uneventful. Had some good suggestions for cajun food near lake charles, but I was eager to make some good mileage into the state before stopping. Also, had my fill of cajun and creole food in new orleans, I am onto texas beef now. Anyways the recommendations for future reference in lake charles area were: "Café Margaux – very pricey but phenomenal food, Cajun Kitchen – awesome and authentic local fare – cheap and the real deal, Steamboat Bill’s – great crawfish boil..." Thanks Libby.
Into texas and driving on i-10 towards houston sucks so much that the town of beumont has billboards trying to get you to stop based solely on that fact. Drove straight through houston to head north to austin. Cursed at my gps for not putting me into the divided HOV lane moving a million times faster then the rest of traffic. I think it was a HOV bypass lane through houston, as there was no way to get into it once it started. I was stuck sweating on the interstate watching buses, every motorcycle in texas, actual high occupancy vehicles, and rich jerks in nice cars to whom the rules obviously don't apply, zoom past while I was sitting with my clutch in.
Covered around 500-600 miles today I think. With the later half been relatively uninteresting. Staying in austin tonight. Saw some outdoor street performers practicing a hang-from-long-sheet-twirly-cirque-de-soliel like act, on the side of a building. Plan tomorrow is to look around austin some more then head south to san antonio.