Gorgeous Weather!!!! Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

The weather here in Mississippi has been fabulous! 

Its been a great visit with our kids. It will be so hard to leave here come Sunday morning, at which time we will motor on to Alabama making our way toward North Carolina. It is sad when you are starting the loop toward home. But there is still a lot of excitement ahead for us. Visiting great friends in NC..then meeting friends from home over in Savannah Ga for a few days, and a possible stop over for a couple of days in Myrtle Beach. 

We have been so busy this past week, I can’t even remember all that we’ve done with the kids. But it has been non stop! We are soaking up all the time we can with them. I think I’ve gained about 10 lbs from dinners at their home, at our home, and dining out.

Shopping: Yes Becky and I have been doing a lot of that..and Rick and I went shopping the other day...to this place? Except this wasn’t a fun shopping trip but it could have been a lot worse than it was. Yes a rock flew off a truck tire and hit our car windshield. Hopefully the repair will stop it from spreading until we get back home to Canada.

While the furkids were at a groomer yesterday -Becky and I had another mother daughter day..we went to a spa and had manicures and pedicures.  Yup we have pretty toes and fingers!! 

Last evening we went for dinner at  Longhorn’s to celebrate Matthew’s birthday. Happy Birthday Matty and may you have many many more. It was great to be able to celebrate with you.

Check out that desert-wowser

Today I thought it a good day to .......

Yup defrost the fridge and freezer...now theres a job for you! I contemplated doing it at 3am this morning as I couldn’t sleep (for the 2nd night in a row)..but thought I might make too much racket and wake the furkids and the hubby.

Here we are parked up at Timberlake Camp Ground right on the reservoir in Brandon Mississippi about ten minutes from where our kids live in Ridgeland. Nice spacious lots, with pads and patio, grill, great pool area, tennis courts, and no charge for visitors, with a  good rate at 24.00/night. 

We spent the afternoon and evening with our kids-I sponged off their wifi to do the blog and read up on yall...take care and be safe out there...thanks for stopping by!! And a Great big Happy St. Paddys' day to yall....


"Home is where you park it"

Finally an Update!! Still in Mississippi

Friday Becky and I had a girls day out-we went shopping-I'm sure she had me in every store that was open. I did manage to find a grocery store during our travels to stock up. I bbq'd supper for us all here at the rig. Then we headed over to the kids place to visit for awhile. The rain was so torrential coming back across the Spillway we couldn't see 5 ft ahead of us. Good thing we didn't have far to drive to get home.


Saturday we went to the Jackson Zoo. Becky loves giraffes needless to say we thought we were going to have to put her on a leash when she saw this cute fellow.

Not to bore you with zoo pictures but I have to say this fellow was amazing..we could have watched him play for hours. Big cats are at the top of Rick's list so I almost had to leash him up with Becky.

Daddy and his girl.

Becky and Matt

We popped into a nice steak house for supper, then all headed home and crashed. 
Sunday Becky and I had another girls day out. We went shopping again :) Before we left I had put a spaghetti sauce into the crock pot to simmer for the day. After shopping we came back to the rig loaded up supper and headed over to the kids place. We visited and watched tv for the evening. Today the kids are back to work and we are just puttering around the rig cleaning and waxing. It is a beautiful hot day with a nice breeze. We leave here Sunday and head our way toward NC. I'm not looking forward to leaving our daughter and son in law and sure wish they didn't live so far away. 
Thanks for stopping by and be safe out there...
"Home is where you park it"

A Day in Vicksburg MS!! Visiting Family!

It has been a busy time since our arrival. Our drive down to Mississippi was uneventful (thankfully)..we arrived here on Tuesday, met our daughter and son in law for supper. Yesterday we came to their house and I did up our laundry then we went shopping. We had supper at Logan's Steakhouse. Today the four of us headed to Vicksburg to tour the area-what a great little town that is. Lots of casino's-we did some shopping and had supper at Cracker Barrel. Our son in law Matt works in Vicksburg for the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), so we got to also see his workplace.

We headed back to Ridgeland and picked up the furkids and we are visiting at Matt and Becky's home for the evening. 

Our pretty Becky

Sign when we entered Mississippi on Tuesday

Vicksburg MS

Thanks for stopping by folks and be safe out there.
"Home is Where you Park It.!"

Ridgeland Mississippi-and Lovin it!!

New Orleans was 'fantastic'..we headed into town on Sunday for the day in the french quarter!! Bourbon Street and surrounding area was so much fun! 

Parked up at Ponchartrain Landing in New Orleans

Back view of the Clubhouse and Bar at resort

Resort Pool

Back view of the Bar/clubhouse area 

Ponchartrain Landing in NO is a great resort-gated, secure and very new. Lovely landscaping and everyone was very friendly. The bar was great fun and open from 3pm until midnight or later if you wanted it to be. I would definitely stay here again-the resort provided for 5.00/person/return a mini bus into the french quarter they drop you off at 10 am and you can get picked up at a designated area at 4pm and if you want to stay longer they send a shuttle out again at 8pm. We chose not to stay after dark so Rick and I and Carol and Bill returned on the 4pm shuttle. 

bar at resort

resort pool 

Some Pictures of Downtown New Orleans - French Quarter

bands on the streets for tips

Parked up at Ponchartrain Landing

Rick Bill Carol and I in a pub downtown New Orleans

Beautiful architecture

They wash the streets downtown NO with machines and spray soap everywhere I did ask our waitress where we had lunch why they did that every couple of hours-she told me that it was due to the smell of the sewers that were under the streets. After they washed the streets there was an 'orange' scent in the air! 

Monday we toured the San Francisco Plantation..another fab day-it was in Berryville out west of New Orleans..the mansion was gorgeous it was right on the Mississippi River. This property was purchased by an oil company and the house was restored (in the 70s)..we do love plantations. Rain water was gathered in those 'cisterns' and gravy fed into the mansion-therefore this mansion had running water.

the ceiling in the dining room

Our tour guide

big wrap around covered verandas

I could picture the southern belles arriving in horse drawn carriages and entering up over the stairs for a ball

Main doors on 2nd storey that were opened for  arrival of guests

Original old living oak trees

I really wanted to take pictures of the inside of this mansion but it was not permissible. But pictures or no pictures it will always be vivid in my mind. The architecture of this place was amazing. 

Today we motored onto Mississippi to Timberlake RV Resort right on the Ross Barnett Reservoir. Very nice resort but when I booked here they told me there was wifi at the site and there isn't. All resorts say there is wifi at the site..and it seems there never is. I do have my Canadian Telus stick with me but it is very slow. Currently we are at our daughter and son in law's home so I tagged onto their wifi to play catch up with you all. We will be here for 12 days so I may get my US verizon stick activated as I can't imagine no wifi or a slow canadian stick for 12 days. Take care all and stay safe out there!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Home is where you park it!