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We leave our Chattanooga home and hope to make Meridian, Mississippi before dark. There’s a little RV park, a Passport America, that’s 16 dollars with full hookups including cable. We watch tv for the first time in our new to us Escape. Dinner is leftovers.
It is raining as we leave the next morning. I’m thinking that we will have a wet day, all day. We head for Jackson and turn south toward the Gulf. The misty precip disappears, the sun comes out, and by the time we hit I-12 it is a sticky, muggy 72 degrees and I’m wanting to turn on the a/c.
I have picked Beaumont, TX as our destination for the night. It is a totally insane plan, for us, as it is over 400 miles! Around 4 PM we give up and pull into a casino in Lake Charles. It is leftovers, again, after we take a great shower! The next morning we treat ourselves to a loaded breakfast buffet at the casino hotel before hitting the road.
San Antonio is the destination for day 3 and, luckily, we have a driveway waiting on us. It is great to catch up with friends and spend time in a real livingroom!
Last year we ducked into Fort Stockton RV Park as we were running from a icestorm. The park has a little cafe, the Roadrunner, that serves up some great home cooking.
All the leftovers are gone and if we don’t make it to the Roadrunner Cafe, it will be peanut butter sandwiches!
We make it! It is fried catfish and mash potatoes for dinner. And another night with cable TV! If it sounds like this is making a big deal out of the cable, consider we have less than 10 channels on our home TV.
Deming, New Mexico is our next place to sleep. It’s over 300 miles away but not too bad of a drive. The Deming Road Runner RV Park charges us $13.50 for full hookups with the Passport America membership. Not the nicest place but just fine for the price. Another night with cable and a makeshift meal of roasted chicken from the Las Cruces Walmart.
After 6 long days of travel, it is time to be back in nature. We celebrate our Arizona arrival with a night at Gilbert Ray campground in the Tucson Mountain Park. The park is beautiful and it is WARM! …. Shorts and tee shirt warm until the sun goes down!
After a short visit with the relatives in Phoenix, we head west to Quartzsite where many of our buddies were already having a great time.
We have a surprise waiting on us. Two of our close friends, the ones who had sold us their Escape, are planning to marry the next morning! It is party in the desert time!
Bloggerfest is tomorrow…hope to see some of you there……..
