The main crop here is sugar cane.
The eastern side of Texas looks very green. Evidently they were not affected by the drought. We were in Houston by dinner time. In fact, we had dinner in the diner as we sat at the Houston station.
Friday, October 19, 2012
October 6, 2012
Up early today, another easy breakfast at the hotel, then a walk to the train station. The walk wasn't long, just difficult. This is not a pedestrian-friendly city. The tourist areas have been fairly well maintained, but away from there the city is crumbling, along with its sidewalks. We got on the train at 9:00 a.m. and left on time. Soon we were crossing the Huey P. Long bridge, the longest railroad bridge in the country at 4.4 miles and 160 feet above the Mississippi River.
We rode through miles and miles of swamps and bayous. Lots of poverty here.
The main crop here is sugar cane.
The eastern side of Texas looks very green. Evidently they were not affected by the drought. We were in Houston by dinner time. In fact, we had dinner in the diner as we sat at the Houston station.
The main crop here is sugar cane.
The eastern side of Texas looks very green. Evidently they were not affected by the drought. We were in Houston by dinner time. In fact, we had dinner in the diner as we sat at the Houston station.
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