Home

Made it home today - Tuesday.  Been on the road for exactly one month.  Drove 2,317 miles and spent a little over $700 in gas [spending our kid's inheritance.]  Overall, a good trip.  Visited some very interesting places and saw parts of the country we have not seen before.  The jury is still out as to whether or not we will go south this winter.  I'm not one to just stay put in one place for any length of time.  We'll see what happens when the time comes.  Next planned trip is to Branson the first part of November to celebrate Veterans Week and Day.  We will participate in the Ozark Runner Base's float on Veterans Day just as we did last year.  Was most fun and looking forward to it again this year.  Stay tuned.

Fish Dinner Tonight

Caught a nice two plus pound catfish this afternoon.  Going to be our dinner tonight.  Nice day although a little windy.  Off to Mena tomorrow and then home.  Overall, been a good trip even with the mechanical problems early on.  

Correction

In previous post that should be moniker not monitor.  Not enough coffee yet.

Arkie Traveler

Arkietraveler here.  Spent the day yesterday fishing and watching OK beat TX.  How can you beat that for a day.  Great weather to boot.  Today, some more fishing and just relaxing [life on the road is tough.]   Tomorrow, we head for Mena and then home on Tuesday.  That will make it exactly 4 weeks on the road.  Some pictures for you.  Our watch cat hard at work, a rock salt light that is really pretty and cleans the air, and the RV park we are staying in.  Of course, my monitor on the front of our coach. 

Texarkana

Thursday we spent the night in Shreveport, LA.  Friday morning we attended a six state rally of the Family Motor Coach Assn [FMCA] and decided to join that organization.  Then drove to Texarkana, TX.  Spent the night in a very nice RV park and decided to stay tonight as well.  Sharleen is going to a craft fair and I'm going fishing in a private lake here in the park.  Will watch the OK/TX football game this afternoon and root for OK.  This is always a good college game.  Actually had to turn on the furnace this morning since it was 45 degrees when I got up at 0630 hours.  No pictures for this post but if I catch some nice fish, you'll see them.

On to Louisiana

Left Galveston Island yesterday morning and drove to Sulphur, LA - just outside of Lake Charles.  Took some pictures of us crossing the Bolivar opening to Galveston Bay while on the ferry.  You can see the USS Cavalla [SS 244] in the background of one of the pictures.  Bayou country in southern LA is flat, wet and what you would expect it to look like.  If someone is not at work, they're fishing the bayous.  Another beautiful day.  Heading towards Shreveport today. 

Gulf Shrimp on the Barbee

Had fresh Gulf shrimp hot off the barbee last night for dinner.  Did some stocking up at Wally World in the morning then came back to the park, made lunch and headed for the beach.  We've been here a week now and are thinking of pulling up stakes and heading over towards Lake Charles, LA.  Everything here has been great except for the mosquitos.  With all the rain south TX has had, the mosquitos are out in full force.  Going to be another nice day.  Sixty two at 0705 hours heading for 80 or so.  Would highly recommend this RV park if you're ever in the area.  Fifteen minutes out of town which is fine with me.  Nice beach across the street.