Well, as planned, we departed SeaWind on March 1. We really had a great stay there. It was nice to be with all the friends we came to know when we were there last winter. We are now on our way to Red Bay, AL, the home of Tiffin Motorhomes. We spent four days in Kinder, LA at the Coushatta Casino where we had our annual crawfish pigout (ummmm!). Unfortunately, we didn't win any money in the casino, but we had alot of fun. Next we moved on to River View RV Park in Vidalia, LA, which is on the Mississippi River across from Natchez, MS. Natchez is the oldest settlement on the Mississippi River with alot of interesting history and beautiful antibellum homes. Our campsite overlooked the river and we could watch tugboats pushing numerous "trains" of various types of barges up and down the river day and night. It's amazing the amount of commercial traffic traversing from point to point on the river. One of the highlights of April's and Pansy's life is seeing squirrels, prairie dogs and other ground critters and being able to bark at them. Pansy has a special bark/yip she reserves just for such critters. After not seeing any of these intriguing creatures for quite some time, they soon discovered that this place has squirrels. Life is good! Sunday night, after the NASCAR race (everything stops when NASCAR is on) we went Natchez to one of our favorite restaurants, The Cock of the Walk, and had some good southern food. There are three. The other two are in Nashville, TN and North Little Rock, AR. We have been to all of them more than once. Monday morning we picked up the Natchez Trace Parkway in Natchez and headed north. If you've never been on this parkway, you owe to yourself to do it. This is a two lane highway that is a national park and stretches from Natchez, MS to Nashville, TN. It crosses three states. The countryside along the road is spectacular and the road and surrounding landscape are very well maintained. There is no commercial traffic allowed and the speed limit is 50 mph, so it is a very realxing road to travel on. There are no commercial businesses or signs. The Parkway has many historic sites along the way. During the stretch from Natchez to Jacksonville, we saw maybe three other vehicles. We spent the night in Canton, MS and Tuesday will rejoin the Natchez Trace Parkway to make our way to Tupelo, MS. Yesterday, while sitting outside, Pansy discovered there was a cat under the motorhome. This was almost exciting as the squirrels! On Wednesday, we'll make the short jaunt over to Red Bay, AL where we will be staying until we can get the work completed on our rig. We will post some more pics when we get to Red Bay and have time to pick some out. Thank you to those who have left comments. We enjoy reading them.
mississippi river looking north from campthe twin bridges connect LA and MS
mississippi river looking south from camp
typical stretch of natchez trace parkway
UPDATE 3/13/08:
We arrived at Red Bay on Wed. and got our place in line for the work. It's going to be 3 weeks or so before the work can begin, so we dedided, rather than sit here and wait, we will do some travelling around the region. We will be leaving here on Monday, March 17. Stay tuned to find out where we wind up next!
2 comments:
Glad to hear you are doing well and seeing some country. Are you going to try some of the good fishing in LA? When are you planning on arriving in Charleston? Took our 5th wheel over last Sunday and will move into our "second home" this Sunday. Have a date to install electronics in the new boat next week. Look forward to seeing you.
Good to hear from you and to be able to catch up on what your up to. That two lane highway sounds wonderful. Everyone is well here. We are bracing ourselves for the annual Semana Santa celebration here in Las Glorias.(Very crazy .... lots of people.) I was able able to pick up a little extra work putting in a cyclone fence for a neighbor, so life's been a little busy lately. Again, good to hear from you. We love you guys!
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