Thursday - Day 4

Today we woke up to pouring rain and it had been raining most of the night - and headed off via Land Rover to Loblolly Lane to be with Barbara and Wayne. Over and over we said we were glad we had not attempted to drive the motorhome in yesterday!!!

Wayne met us at his gate and we followed him in to the house through the rain and the mud. It was such fun to be with them today after the major surgery Wayne had in May.

Their home is in the National Preserve - The Big Thicket and we went to the welcome center and viewed the film and the exhibits. Almost every exhibit had a snake in it and I sure was glad they were all dead!

This evening we made it back to the motorhome only to find the exterior docking lights were on - Smokey must have wanted to make sure we got back safely to the correct motorhome. Since it was dusk, it made hooking up easier and we we relieved that the batteries had not been run down...

3rd Day - Wednesday

Today we traveled to Woodville, Texas which is the first town north of Warren, Texas. Because of the amount of rain they have received here in recent days we elected to stay at a campground rather then risk the trip down Wayne and Barbara McCray's one mile long gravel driveway!

We traveled on US Route 190 instead of I-10 and enjoyed seeing the rice and sugar cane fields and the small towns of Louisianna. It rained or drizzled most of the way but had no major downpours.

This evening we went out to dinner with Wayne and Barbara to celebrate their anniversary - and Happy Anniversary also to Anne and Gene!

A number of you have asked about Smokey and his traveling and he has become a great traveler. He sleeps under the passenger seat most of the way and comes our occassionally to take a look around, get a few hugs and pats, give a few kitty kisses and then back under the seat. As you can see, we travel with Smokey's basket which contins his brush, toys, light, and his walking harness. When we stop, we get out the toys for a few minutes of fun and exercise for him. His litter box of course comes along as well as his food and dishes. At night he sleeps in our bed sometimes in a small ball by my feet but some night he seems to think that 1/3rd of the bed is his... In the morning we are up before he is (Because he has been up during the night getting and extra meal or two) and meows at us when we try to make the bed and he does not wish to leave his warm spot.

Tomorrow we will be hanging out with the McCrays at their place and will return to the coach for the night after dinner and to get ready for a Friday departure.

Mississippi Welcome Center

 

This Welcome Center just might be the prettiest in the whole nation! Inside they had lovely furnature including a tea cart like mine but complete with the glass top which has me wondering where my glass top is or if it has been broken over the years.

I am having a challenge in figuring out how to get all the pictures uploaded in order - maybe today will be better.

Special day - day 2

Our day concluded with a fun dinner at a Cajin restaurant in Baton Rouge with Judy and Bill Thousand with Valerie and Dwight and their wonderful spouces. Bill, Dwight and Valerie, lived next door to us in Monsey, New York and now the "kids" are grandparents!

As we arrived in Brusly, we saw this huge tree with a yellow ribbon tied around it - pretty cool!

As you saw in a previous picture our day started off in Alabama with beautiful blue skies and we had great trveling. Once we neared Baton Rouge the rain started and it really rained hard. If only Georgia was getting this rain.

We crossed the Mississippi River and then headed south to Brusly where we pulled into a driveway of a vacant home next to the Thousands. The power was off due to a downed tree limb so we enjoyed sitting in the carport getting caught up on many years of passed time.

Beautiful sunny morning in southern Alabama

1st Night In Alabama

Tonight we are staying at Sherling Lake Park outside Greenville, Alabama the home of Bates House of Turkey (where we of course had our usual turkey dinner).

This park is adjacent to a Robert Trent Jones Golf course - part of the Alabama Golf Trail and the course looks like it would be fun to play.

Canyons Caravan 2008

We are "On the Road Again" - as Gramps sings as we head off down the road. One of these days he might learn the words!
We departed Big Canoe at 8:30am this morning and headed to Gainesville to have our satellite antenna repaired so we can continue to be sleep deprived from watch the Olympics. Of course we can watch the NBC Eastern feed from NYC in both the central and mountain time zones - that will help with the sleep!
We departed Gainesville at 12:15pm and had cleared Atlanta Airport - it would have taken us the same amount of time to return to Big Canoe. Traffic was light today and we had no delays because of accidents or because of the many miles of construction. Of course as soon as I started driving - we hit construction and the barriers within several miles...
Anne told us yesterday that her girls still search for our blogs and we had not blogged since February - I will try to do better on this trip!