Winter 2020 Trip, Day 14: Big Thicket NP, LBJ NHP

Early morning at the Cracker Barrel of Sulphur, Louisiana:

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I drove into Texas to visit Big Thicket National Preserve:

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Big Thicket contains at least ten distinct ecosystems, each driven primarily by how much drainage and flooding is present.  The area is a convergence of Western, Southeastern, and Eastern biomes:

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I ran one of the trails that passes through a Cypress slough:

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I continued east to visit Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park:

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The park also preserves the nearby homestead of LBJ’s grandparents:

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I drove over to Johnson City’s library to use their WiFi (my 2GB per month data plan is proving inadequate for this unplanned trip).  At closing, I asked for permission to overnight in the parking lot.  See the trip map for today’s drive.

Winter 2020 Trip, Day 13: Surprise Trip Extension, Jean Lafitte NHPP and New Orleans Jazz NHP
Winter 2020 Trip, Day 15: Texas is Big!

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