Cathie,
I put a picture of us back on here just for you, cause you are special. Hope you enjoy it.

OK I know I have been real bad in not doing any updates lately. Last week some old workamper friends showed up and visited for a couple of days. Friday I took Ray and Janice, our visitors into Monroe. We spent a couple of hours going through the Aviation Military Museum. They have lots of things to look at and a ton of reading. It is a very nice museum that is full of good information. From there we went to the Coca Cola bottling museum, it was very interesting learning the history of bottling Coca Cola. They had a tour of the house and gardens. Very nice place to visit.

Ray and Janice left Sunday with Memphis as there next stop. There summer destination is Montana. Hope you have a safe trip out west.

Yesterday I went to Ruston and visited the Northern Louisiana Military Museum. This privately owned museum has so much to see it can take a while to check it all out. If ever in Ruston, LA check it out.

Today was a trip to Monroe to Vicki’s foot Dr. He operated on her toe nails last week and this was just a check up. Dr said they were doing good.

OK this is the news to date. We are starting to get a case of hitch itch. Plan on leaving here in about 2 to 3 weeks. Not sure wich route we will take yetm but we do know since buying the new truck our travel funds are not up to an extensive trip back west. We will probably take a fairly direct route, still plan on visiting family in North Dakota and Montana, then on to Washington.

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Tuesday morning we hit the road with our destination being Marksville, LA, specifically Paragon Casino. We had made arrangements to meet Bruce and Cindy there. They are friends that we met in Montana several years back. We pulled into the Casino and as I pulled up to the front door to drop Vicki off they were walking up the sidewalk. I parked the truck and joined them for our hugs and howdies. As we all were hungry we went straight to the buffet. What a spread, If anyone gets to Marksville this buffet was really really good. We sat down at our table at 2:00 PM and ate and visited until after 7:00 PM. I am not sure where the afternoon went but it sure did fly by. We had a great visit and caught up on what all we had been doing and where we all had been in the last couple of years. We said our See you down the road, then headed for the trailer. We had a good trip home, lots of Deer out so had to be alert for them. Seen one group of Deer that must have numbered in the fifties. Looked like a herd grazing along the road. Arrived home about 10:45 at hit the bed, it had been along day. We hope to see them when they leave New Orleans for the trek to Maine where they plan to summer. Then hopefully they will come to Washington on the way to California for next winter. But that is down the road and another blog entry much later.

Well here it is March 1st already. Not sure where the time goes but is sure fly's by. I have the truck just about ready to travel. If it wsn't raining out right now I would go take a couple of pictures, I will get some pics when the weather is better. The tool boxes that Owen made for me are mounted on the truck and look really good. I painted them black to match the bed.
Tomorrow we are going to Marksville, LA to meet Bruce and Cindy. They are friends that we met in Montana several years ago. It will be fun to catch up on what they have been doing. I will do another update in a couple of days to let you knnow how our trip went. Until then take care and god Bless.

Last Tuesday we loaded into the truck along with Owen and Cathie and headed East. Our first stop was Vicksburg, MS. (Actually our first stop was at a truck stop for a much needed break) Vicksburg is home to the National Military Park. This is from the NPS website.


“Welcome to the Vicksburg National Military Park
The park commemorates the campaign, siege, and defense of Vicksburg. The city's surrender on July 4, 1863, along with the capture of Port Hudson, LA, on July 8, split the South, giving control of the Mississippi River to the Union. Over 1,340 monuments, a restored Union gunboat, and National Cemetery mark the 16-mile tour road.”

This tour through the park took us 3 hours and that is not seeing everything. If we would have had the time to see it all it would have taken us at least 4 hours. Lots of memorials throughout the tour. After seeing the terrain that the battles took place on I am totally in awe of the men who fought in the civil war here. Anyone going through Vicksburg should take this tour.

From Vicksburg we headed a little further East to Jackson. We had dinner reservations at the Red Lobster for 5:00 PM. Pulled in at 4:55, same time Ray and Janice pulled in. They are friends that we workcamped with in Beaver, UT. They drove up from Hattiesburg to meet us for dinner. We had a great dinner and got caught up on what we all have been doing the last couple of years. After dinner we said our goodbyes to Ray and Janice then we went to the Dixie Rodeo in Jackson. It was a very good Rodeo with lots of action and of course some great entertainment. Tanya Tucker was mid rodeo entertainment, She puts on a real good concert and still has that nice raspy voice. She closed her concert with what else but Delta Dawn. Being 165 miles from home we left the rodeo before it was over and headed home. We arrive home at 1:30 in the morning. It was a long day filled with lots of fun and entertainment.

Until next time God Bless you all.

I have been reading other RV'ers blogs this morning, There is such a variety and wealth of information and knowledge out there on these blogs. Some are entertaining with a humorous style of writing, some are just a lot of good information on places to go and things to see and do. Of course there is a couple out there that have the potential to be  great blogs but they have been mostly ignored and not updated by the blog owner, I have been guilty of this many times. It seems we get to busy doing everyday  chores and not doing anything really exciting so the blog just falls to the wayside.
Thanks to all you bloggers that help make my life more interesting with your writings and pictures.
I am also on Facebook where I keep up with a lot of family and friends and also on Twitter. I wish more family and friends would get involved with Twitter. It is a great way to just say what is on your mind or what you are doing with just a few words. I follow some pretty interesting people and Organizations on twitter.
So I guess what I am trying to say in this post is the internet is a wealth of information, and a great way to communicate with family friends and organizations.
Until next time God Bless and take care.

Her are some pics of the truck with the bed on it, still have to install 5th wheel and get some running boards, mount some tool boxes and etc. but getting it there slowly. So far just running around 16.4 mpg. Nice feature is a 52 gal fuel tank. Will add more pics as progress occurs.

Ok I said I would try and and get a pic on here of the new truck. It is a dodge 3500 HD cab/chassis. It will have a bed on it next monday, so more pics to come. Trying to find some running boards so Vicki can get in and out, OK me too.

A very eventful fun filled day. First Sorry Dad my phone died !
We had a big fish fry and a ton of fish was cooked and consumed. Lots of Owens and Cathies kids friends and relatives showed up for the event. We had a really good meal with lots of fun company. Then on to the evening and the Saints and Vikings game, what can I say, Saints in overtime  !! Big party in New Orleans tonight.
Weather was really nice today and looks like good weather for couple more days. Lake is still high and muddy. Later all, god bless and take care for now.

A short update about last night. We had tornado watches and severe thunderstorms, Rained like crazy for a while. Lake was up about a foot this morning and has kept on rising all day. We took a ride today over to Start, LA and then on to Rayville, LA Home stomping grounds for Tim McGraw. Vicki drove down Tim McGraw St. A very short dead end street. The street sign was a good 10 or 12 feet in the air. It was explained to us they did this because the sign kept growing legs and walking off.
OK life is good here, until later.

Now to catch up on Louisiana. We arrived at Lake DeArbonne last thursday afternoon. Friday was spent visiting Owen and Cathie. We are parked at there place on the lake. The view out our back window is of the lake.
Saturday I went to W Monroe with Owen and Cathie to an AG Expo. I am still not sure what a Boa Constrictor has to do with Agriculture but there it is.

We had a great day, went to lunch at the Peking Restaurant after the Expo and had a really good lunch.

Sunday Owen fried some fish and several friends and relatives came over and we ate and visited and had another fun day. Sun is out today so may try fishing later today.

Until next time God Bless you all, and please pray for our country.

OK, to digress just temporarily below is pictures In Sulphur Springs of Butch & Betty and there new home. Thanks for your hospitality, we had a great time and really enjoyed our visit there.

We arrived in Sulphur Springs, TX.  yesterday early afternoon. Checked into Shady Lake RV park. This could be a very nice park, they do need some gravel on the roads, no cable and water is mostly chlorine. Needed some grocery's so off we went to wal-mart, got what we needed and called Butch & Betty to let them know we were here. We went over to there house and had a great afternoon and evening visiting. Betty made some chicken enchiladas that were really good.
We will be here until Thursday morning, then off to Louisiana. Owen and Kathy here we come !!!!!

Left Matagorda, TX this morning. We had a great visit with Bill & Alice I hope we get to see them again soon. Had a good trip to Athens, TX. We are at the Windsor RV Estates Park. It is a very nice park, good water, good cable, good wi-fi.
We will go on up to Sulphur Springs tomorrow. Visit there with Butch and Betty for a couple days then over to Bernice, LA. to visit more friends. I will update as I can as to what we are up to so stay tuned.