On the way to Gulf Shore Mar 28th

We had another rowdy thunderstorm last night. That's three nights in a row..We also had wind last night but nothing serious.
We headed down I-10 this morning toward Gulf Shores, but we stopped at the camping world on the way cause we needed to have an antenna installed on the rig. So they kindly put us up the next two nights till our Monday apt. They have full hook ups for people needing stuff worked on so we have the all the stuff we need here. Lady even has a grassy area behind the rv so all is well in LadyLand.
Tomorrow we're going to check out the area and scope out our next rv park. We have friends staying there already.

Spring storms gotta love them

It's been raining since Wed evening. For those that know me know I love the rain..I love listening to it hit the roof of the rv when I'm going to sleep and if it's warm out I don't mind walking around in it but for those that know Reid you know he hates rain. Hates it..totally hates it. The evenings and throughout the night has been the worse. The rain started back last night about 10pm and thunderstorms rolled in about 2am and they were heavy..Good thing there was no wind with it or I'd been concerned. We believe the rain will be out of the area by Sunday.
We headed out looking for a seafood place yesterday..We love mcelroy's and it was distroyed when Katrina hit but they've have another location on the bay side of the city and we'd never been there. We were looking for their website and found an address but the reviews were awful. We started thinking that maybe it wasn't worth going all that way to check it out with bad reviews but we didn't find anything else between here, Bay St Louis and there, Ocean Springs so we decided to go for it and we're glad we did. The food was great, just as good as we remembered it. The prices had gone up some (but it's been 4 yrs what do you expect) so the moral of this story is reviews are just a persons opinion and everyone's opinion is different. We were glad we decided to go for it.
We are heading out tomorrow for Gulf Shores, AL, we've never been there so we'll be doing some sightseeing. We're meeting up with some Everest friends, Tim and Jean, so that will be fun seeing them again.

On the move March 25

Sorry I haven't posted this week, I meant to but I hadn't. We drove for about five hours on Sat, Sun and Monday and arrived in Bay St Louis, Ms on Monday afternoon. The weather has been good. It's in the mid 70's with sun right now but they are calling for thunderstorms later.
We used to come to this area when we lived in Tn but hadn't been back since Katrina so seeing it now my opinion is slow progress. Most of the foundations for the distroyed homes are still there but nothing else. Lots of yards have "land for sale" signs put up. The biggers chain businesses have rebuilt but not our favorite Mom and Pop seafood places. I've seen your standard restaurants like Burger King, Sonic and Mcd but while on the gulf coast I want seafood. We do know that our favorite place has relocated to another location so we'll be checking them out before we leave. They are hoping to rebuild at their orginal location but so far that hasn't happened yet.
We'll be hanging around here another couple of days and traveling again on Sat.
more later.

Traveln' Days begin March 21

After staying in one place for the last 5 and a half months travelin day arrived. We were up early to get the final things ready for leaving. Actually so Reid could get the last minute stuff done I just wanted to get in a walk before we left so I was up at 7:30 and while Reid disconnected hoses and stuff I headed out for my walk around the park..I got in a few more good byes before I left. The trip was good. Nothing much going on. We went through the border patrol point quickly, they weren't asking a bunch of questions just motioning people through. This time of the year rv's are going through constantly. We got to Victoria, Tx about 1:15 and got everything set up. We had reservations so it didn't matter what time we arrived..we didn't want the same problems with not finding any place to stay like we had coming down here. We'll be getting on the road early in the morning

Getting Road Ready March 18th

This week started out with great weather. We've decided we can't expect to much from March, weather wise, but this week has been calm with sunny skies and 80 + degree days. They've been wonderful. We've spend the last 3 days getting the rig ready. Today Reid washed the rig and started putting useful stuff in the storage bays. I was working on the casita getting it all packed up. Everything is just about done so the next couple of days want be too hectic.
I've been saying my goodbyes for the past several days and several of our closest neighbors are leaving between this weekend and mid next week so we're having a block party Friday night so everyone can visit before we start leaving over the weekend.
I'm pumped that basketball tournaments are starting up tomorrow. So, for the next several weekends I'll have basketball to watch..then as soon as that's over it's Baseball season..I do love my baseball....go Braves.
chat later.

See this picture

I'm just playing around with this and I don't know how I got this to put the picture on my blog but if I figure out what I did I might have more pic's in the future..Just so you know this is Lady our four year old. She's been camping and rv'ing with us since she was about 10 weeks old.

the itch to travel

We have offically been in South Texas for 5 months and 6 days and the itch to get moving has hit. We were planning to stay till mid April but we're ready to move on. So with the decision made we're going to finish the week here and leave next Saturday..the 21st. (that's the time we left last year) Our friends are leaving anyway and the parks are empting out so it's time.
I really thought all summer that I'd be totally bored here for 6 months but I'm happy to say that wasn't the case. You want find too many places with nicer weather in the winter months when most of the country is having snow. With the many activities the park offers I didn't have time to get bored. I've already got plans for next season to help with the welcoming committee and to work again in the office..of course aerobics is starting back up in Nov and I'll be doing that again too..
We will be heading toward the gulf coast when we leave here. We're hoping to met up with some friends along the way. Phyllis and Larry are going to be staying in North FL for a few weeks and we might met up with them but they are "cruising" this week and they told me not to call them while they were on the boat so I can't let them know yet that our plans have moved up some. We also may see Tim and Jean in the Mobile/Gulf Shores area. We know we're going to be around the coast for the next few weeks so that will be great I really love the coast. I'll keep ya'll posted as we start to move around this great country for the summer.

Monday March 2

February went out with a cold front after a record high of 100 on Friday. The cold front dropped the temps to 60's and 70's. Not really cold but after a few days on 90's and higher 60's shocked the system. As for March, today was beautiful and calm but it's reported that the next several days will be windy..I can do with out the wind.
We drove up to Sandia Tx on Friday. Mom has a family friend that lives there now so we spent the day driving and visiting. Sat we took Lady to the groomers, she looks wonderful by the way.
Monday came and Mom's trip had to end. Reid took her to the airport this morning and she arrived safely at home this afternoon. She did return to snow. Our hometown of Bell Buckle recieved about 8 inches of snow yesterday. that's about 5 yrs worth of snow for them.
March is shaping up to be another busy month too. I'm back to working the office on Monday again but only for this month..People are starting to leave here and the lady that worked on Mondays left today. In fact I saw three RV leave just this morning. This place will be empty by the end of the month at this rate.
We're going to have lunch with G&W on Thurs. We're looking forward to that, we haven't seen them the past couple of weeks.
We'll I've rattle on long enough.