We Are In Red Bay Now

We got on the road by 9 am and traveled about 400 miles to Red Bay.  Had a good drive but encountered one detour when we got to HWY 23.  Supposedly they had a lot of debris there. 

Another nice sunny and cool day.  Good day for traveling.

I've never seen a sign like this before....Never saw a checkpoint.

Went thru many rivers and through the woods....

leaving Louisiana....entering Mississippi.

They are expecting something to happen on The Mighty Mississippi....it's raging!

We made a stop at the Visitors Center and took some pics....

     

     

 

     

 

Back on the Road.....

 

There is an area in Mississippi that was pretty hard hit....

The spring flowers are in full bloom with all the rain they have had here.

Columbus Air Force Base...

Hey, Ed, Oreo Cows like yours.....

No height shown on this bridge....we made it!

Downtown Amory, MS.

 

Finally in Alabama.

Dirty windshield and blurry picture....

The park is packed but we got a full hook up space, 82.

We are so happy that they have finally paved the roads here.  Hated the dust....

Tiffins EVERYWHERE!!!

Our neighbors to the right are in travel trailers but they have their Tiffins being worked on.

Yep, Manuel drove all day and he is out cleaning the coach....does not like to see it dirty!

Had a great day.  Will see what tomorrow brings! 

Shreveport/Bossier City, LA

We left Jacksonville at about 10:30 for our hour and a half drive.  The morning is beautiful, sunny and cool after getting some rain last night.

Looks like the logging business is good here....

Oh, Lari would love this water slide!

Don't know who plays at Independence Bowl but it is a nice Baseball Stadium.

Another pretty church pretty church....

A view of the city skyline.

Red River cruise boats...

We arrived at the Diamond Jacks Casino RV park by noon.   It is pretty nice here.  We had been here in our 5th wheel about 4 years ago.  We got set up; just relaxed for a few hours.

 

 

Looks like the old John Deere followed us here!!

It's a beautiful 70 degrees out so we sat out to eat some cantaloupe.

I took a walk around the park to take pictures while Manuel piddles around the RV.

Nice looking old train bridge on the Red River.  The River looks pretty high.....

Mid-afternoon, visited the casino for a 3 pm lunch.

Somebody is happy!!

Looking out the window, I see Manuel going up to our neighbors who have driven up in an Allegro Bus....

They are coming from Red Bay (they live 10 miles from Red Bay) and he tells Manuel all is good in Red Bay,  so we will head out in the morning.

Nope, Not The Kings....  For a moment, thought Richard had played hooky!

It has been a couple of years since we haven't traveled with Patsy and Richard.

Tomorrow, we will move on closer to Red Bay, Alabama....More to come.

Left Home Today

Left home at 8:30 this morning.  We drove and drove.  Manuel wanted to make it to Shreveport but finally gave up and we stopped in Jacksonville, TX. Here are some pictures I took along the way....the weather was cold (low 50s) and misty at times.  Enjoyed a beautiful ride....

This old church is now a Florist....Neat!

As we were driving, we got a call from Sue Didelot.  They left Abilene and are headed to Birmingham, AL.  They got called to work for an insurance company.  I am sure there will be plenty of work there after all the devastation.   They had planned to come to San Marcos and wanted to meet with us but we had our trip planned already.

About an hour later, Mark called and said they had just seen us pass by in Hearne, TX.  We crossed paths as they were probably on Hwy 6 and we were on 79.  They saw us but we did not see them...Wow!  You never know who you will cross paths with, huh?!!  Nice talking to you both, Mark & Sue.  Good luck to you both.

As you can see the weather got worse so we decided to dry camp at Wal-Mart.  Will  get a good night sleep then drive about 60 miles to Shreveport for a couple of days....been watching the weather and it does not look too good in the Tennessee area....good excuse to stop at the Diamond Jack Casino RV Park, Huh??!!

Look at this!  Wal-Mart is right off LARISSA St.  Look, Lari!

A nice mural on a building...

Until tomorrow!