Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time to visit my brother at his home in Lubbock 😔 However, he offered to drive us to New Orleans with his son and spend the remaining days in the south together. [/uploads/cca50020-92cc-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg] [/uploads/ce699380-92cc-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/cfc5ef30-92cc-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg] About 900 kilometers on the road with a detour to Natchez [/uploads/d15086d0-92cc-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg] [/uploads/d2f0c950-92cc-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg] The Mississippi is the 4th longest river in the world and even more impressive with the current high water level [/uploads/d4361a90-92cc-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/d5d76e80-92cc-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/d72a0630-92cc-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg] No trains run here anymore [/uploads/1258c7f0-92cd-11e9-babc-834f89a25bb9.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/13bf5cd0-92cd-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/15222120-92cd-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/167e07a0-92cd-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg][/uploads/92090120-92cf-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg] The last 30 kilometers are on stilts through the swamps of Louisiana[/uploads/17d07840-92cd-11e9-9bc9-4d4a58be1d14.jpeg_large.jpg]