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!

I have so much updating to do but the wifi here is sketchy to say the least..we are having  blast in New Orleans-weather is great! I can read blogs but can't comment..I will update ours when wifi is better..heading to mississippi tomorrow to visit our daughter and sil and I can hardly wait..heading out to tour plantations today...stay safe everyone!!!

Tornado Watch, upgraded to Warning and Possible Evacuation!!

Thursday:

Had a slow lazy morning-we headed into town in the afternoon to pick up a weather radio, and do some shopping. We had a nice supper at Cracker Barrel on the way home. Boy I love that place they have the greatest food. We had new neighbours all around us- Pit Masters in town for a competition in Pensacola. Mike Hallman from NC stopped over to visit and have a happy hour drink with us. He was a vendor and judge at the competition. I got two different rubs from him and 2 bottles of sauce. yum...we watched tv and hit the sack early.

Friday:

Up fairly early, checked the computers, the weather, and enjoyed our coffee. Showered and dressed and off we went to the Gulf Breeze Zoo. Had a super afternoon there...I can't upload pics as wifi is too slow but will add them all later. The skys were turning so we made our way back home. We turned on the weather radio and I thought the sirens were going to drive us all crazy during the evening. Poor Tucker howled a few times. Rick went to the office to check out what procedures were in place as our county was upgraded from watch to warning. The office said as soon as the siren went off we were to all leave our rigs and come to the office/club house for further instructions. We prepared for that possibility. Packed a small bag with dog food, bottled water, our medications, toothbrushes etc etc. Packed up one laptop, made sure the cell was charged..laid our rain coats on the front seats, and made sure all our keys were in my purse with passports etc. and flashlights on the dash. And we sat back and continued to listen to our weather radio with bated breath. Thankfully the tornado went around us altho the warning was extended from midnight to five am!! We did sleep some, but it sure wasn't a restful sleep, waiting for that radio to screech at us.  In Mississippi our daughter was at work under a stairwell for 45 minutes. We were pretty worried about her. Thankfully she is ok.


We got up early this morning packed up just before the rain hit and we pointed the rig toward Pontchartrain Landing in New Orleans-we arrived around 2:30. Traffic was a bit heavy but the roads were good and other than a few showers all was well. This resort is lovely-has a nice marina-honors PA and Good Sams. Gated community and very secure. They even have a trolly to take you into the FQ. The resort is new since Katrina..tomorrow we plan to head into the French Quarter and tour around. Ok we're off to the resort bar, for wings and pizza and who knows what else :)...they have live entertainment tonight also...catch you all later...and be safe out there..thanks for stopping by...
Home is where you park it

Wednesday Travel Day and Dinner with Friends in Pensacola!

We left Ho Hum Park in Carrabelle, around 9:15am yesterday morning heading up the costal route to Pensacola. Traffic was fairly heavy, but the worst part of it all was the 'stop and go' as we ventured through many little towns. We couldn't see the coast for the fog anyway so when we got to Panama City we changed routes over to Interstate 10. I do need to mention here that during a fuel stop "Ossumer" played payback with Rick for hurting him the day before. He burped a diesel fuel spray all over Rick while he was gassing up. At $4.14/gallon. So on top of the high fuel charge it cost us one teeshirt, one pair of shorts, and a pair of socks and sneakers, because you'll never get the smell out no matter how many times you wash em.
We arrived Pensacola around 3pm (according to my watch) and rushed setting up and showering as we had a dinner date with Marti and Paul :). Then I noticed my phone and computer showed the time to be an hour earlier than my watch...yes we woke up in eastern time zone yesterday and went to bed in central. With only around 270 miles of travel.
We had a great dinner and evening at Carrabbas with Marti and Paul. We could have sat there all night, and it was hard to say good bye. Great food, great fellowship and lots of story swapping  and laughs. Funny how after following fellow RVers blogs for so long when you do meet theres an instant bond. Travel safe dear friends and we will meet again for sure.

Marti and Paul 

Just before we left for dinner, a big DP coach pulled in. It was bright purple and gold. It was a 'Crown Royal' bus..towing an enclosed trailer..humm wonder if that trailer was full of crown royal? We will never know because they were gone when we got up this morning. 
We leave here Saturday and head toward the New Orleans area for a couple of days and I'm quite excited to see that area. Then its over to Mississippi to visit our darling daughter and her husband! And I can hardly wait.

Great Advertising for Crown Royal I would say

I wonder if he carried the stock in that trailer

I think today will be a shopping day while here in pensacola-its time to add to my 'yellow box' flip flop collection!! Just wait till I break that news to the Mr. :)


On a sad note-yesterday we lost a dear r'ver friend suddenly. Kevin Sullivan-may he rest in peace. Our hearts and prayers are with Arlene and her family during this sad sad time. We are still in shock after hearing this news. We were with  Arlene and Kevin (and Donna and Ralph)  for a day just a couple of weeks ago. We had met Arlene back in January, and visited with them in Largo. So so very sad. We all sure need to live in the moment because we sure don't know what tomorrow will bring. 
Take care all and be safe out there, thanks for stopping by!


"Home is where you park it"