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Archive for the 'Louisiana' Category


Moving Again

We’ve waved good-bye to Niceville and Rocky Bayou, and we are on the way to Slidell, Louisiana tonight. It was a pleasant three-week stay but now the weather is starting to get a little warmer and we’re developing itchy feet. While we were there I got some great pictures at Puddenhead Lake on the state [...]

Rocky Bayou Redux

We have enjoyed our stay at the Fred Gannon Rocky Bayou State Park so much, that we’ve signed on for another week. So, we’ll be here until March 3rd, when we will start west, stopping in Slidell, Louisiana overnight before arriving at Chicot State Park, in just about the middle of the state. We haven’t [...]

Big D

Right now we’re enjoying the warm sun in Princeton, Texas, just east of Dallas. It’s a welcome change from icy Louisiana, where we had to wait till afternoon to leave Friday morning because our water hose had frozen solid in the 23° F temperature! I didn’t know it got that cold in Louisiana, ever. Check [...]

Mississippi

We stayed at the state park in Florida a day longer than planned, since Phil had develped a cough and sinus headache. Today he feels better, and now we are half way across Mississippi, about an hour from tonight’s stop in Slidell, Louisiana. Slidell isn’t where I’d picked to stop when planning this trip, but [...]

Liquid Sunshine

Isn’t that what the Florida Chamber of Commerce calls this weather? At least it’s not hot and muggy. Chilly and muggy I can live with. Today was a bit of a pleasant surprise. Highway 98 took a sudden left in Perry, and when we saw the sign we were in the right lane, but there [...]

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