NTSP

We just spent a week at NTSP and it was a fun week. the weather was great (we got out of there today just as the next front was heading in.) We knew we were going to be stopping there once we left the "home area" and as luck would have it some friends of ours were passing through there about the same time. We arrived on Thurs and on Friday Geo stopped by. We'd seen him in AL and he was heading through TN so he stopped in, Nancy and Bob were in route on I-40 heading back from their west winter and they stopped in and Paul and Rosemary were heading toward MS/AL and they stopped for a couple of days with Savannah. it was perfect timing and a fun few days.
We didn't have a fire it was too warm but we did sit around the circle in the evening and compared notes on places we'd been and the sights we've seen. On Thurs we decided to go to Tbirds for pizza.. A couple of yrs ago it was called Sparkey's and we remembered it as serving good pizza so with new owners we had to try it again and it was just as good.
P&R had to leave on Wed to met up with family and the rest of us headed out this morning going our various ways. It was great to see them and hopefully we'll see each other again on our travels this yr.

Happy Mothers Day

Happy day to all my Mom friends. Hope your day has been great. I've talked to both our Mom's. Danny and Steph called me today and we got to talk some, our cell reception here is weak but I was glad I was able to talk to them.
It's back to normal today in TN. 80 degrees and climbing. They (weather people) are calling for 4 days of hot, sunny and no rain. That's good. Maybe TN will start to dry out.
Again Happy Mother's Day..

Sunny and dry didn't last long

It's Sat and it's raining. We're near Jackson TN at a state park. We're about 120 miles from Memphis. This area really doesn't need more rain. Memphis is flooding right now. The Mississippi River is at record highs.
We've been here several times and weekends in May are always booked but I guess with the ecomony and all the rain this area has had most people stayed away. We're surprised to see it so empty. About two yrs ago we had a rally here during this week in May and the place was packed.. If I remember correctly it rained on us all that week too. I don't remember this much rain in TN in May when we lived here but it must be something I've chosen to forget.
No plans yet on where we're heading when we leave here. We're going to hang out here till the floods are over. I-40 between Memphis and Little Rock is closed cause of the flooding. We've got friends west of Little Rock heading this way but they're trying to find other routes cause of the road closings.

West Tennessee

We packed up this morning and headed west. It was a great day for travel. The sun was out and the skies were clear. It was only about a three hour drive today and we arrived about noon. The park isn't full..yet, but it's going to be the nicest, dryest weekend this area has had in several weeks so we're expecting the park to fill up for the weekend. We've seen about 7 rigs come in since we arrived all heading for the lake front sites but as usual all but one was already taken. We decided to take the long pull thru on the hill, this way we don't have to disconnect the trailer.
A couple of friends are heading this way on their way home for the summer and going to be in the area about the same time are here so they are going to stop by for a few days. That should be fun.
We plan on hanging out for a week and see how the weather goes. We can stay for a total of two weeks and if it's warm and dry we might do that.

Sunny dry Wednesday

After yesterday's cool and wet day it sure rebounded today for a wonderful Wed.. Now we all know what Reid would say, "It could be warmer" but we've had beautiful clear skies, sunshine and a breeze. It did get to 63 today (7 degrees under Reid's comfort zone) but it's so much better than yesterday's cloudy, dreary, drizzle 52 degrees.
My day started early with a trip to Walmart for my Mom then over to get her to take her on her errands. then I had to rush to M'boro for med's (Kohl's was right across the street so I took it as a sign and stopped in) then I had to get back home to get Lady to the vet.. she's got a boo boo and needed some med's, then it was off to Reid's Mom to see our neice and her three kids before I had to met Reid again to drop off the rental car.
Yes, Reid was so kind in letting me drive the rental all week. It wasn't even a cool car but that was ok since I was the one that was driving our Mom's and others around this week having a car with four doors came in handy.
We'll be leaving in the morning for West Tenn

Still some fun going on here

I have been visiting family the last couple of days. I visited my Mom and Sis on Sunday and on Monday I got to see Jess and my newest great niece Bonnie Kay, she's 4 months old. I also saw Mary, she is my s-i-l and BK's Nana, Mom, and Betty, Reid's sis..
Today I'm meeting Lisa at lunch and Tomorrow running Mom on some errands.
Reid and I decided to go to Crockets Roadhouse on Sat night..It's been one of our local favorites for years and there's two locations and so we headed to the closest one.. Guess what.. it had closed down..didn't see that coming, it had been in business for years.. So since we were out and driving my car is fun we decided to head over to the other locations in the next town...it was closed too.. What a let down. We did find another place that served everything from pizza to steaks so we ate there. it was good but I was looking forward to Crocket's Manchester Chicken.
We'll be in town thur Wed and heading out for West TN on Thursday.

Question:

If we're in Tennessee it must be................RAINING.. That's right... Rain, rain and more rain. We arrived on Sat afternoon and that evening was fine. Sunday it was showers late..so not real bad right. Yesterday showers off and on in the morning but cleared off in the afternoon. Then about midnight it's starts again and it hasn't stopped (it's 9:15am right now) This is suppose to last the rest of the day..
The sad part to all of this is this area has had rain the last 12-15 days and places are flooding. We're still ok right now but West Tenn is flooding (we're heading that way on Thurs.) Memphis is having lots of flooding problems of course the city is right on the Mississippi river so that has it's own problems.
Now lets talk about the temps... 48 right now and it's May.. that rarely happens. May is usually mid 70's or higher.. This does happen but it's rare. I think the high today is only 55.