Louisianna...quite a different experience from Texas. A different mentality, different styles of managing landscapes and town (parishes): bayous, cajun music and cuisine! Upon leaving Galveston Texas, we took a ferry to Bolivar island, Texas and drove through Beaumont Texas and then along a flat and boring landscape dotted by oil wells pumps. Entering Louisiana does not change that very much....the southern part of the state is really oriented towards oil industry BUT once in a while, we drive through small town like Franklin that have retained their beautiful live oaks bordered streets and charming houses.  And of course, the dykes retaining the mighty Mississipi...