Saturday, February 28, 2015

Indian Creek RV Park, Amite, LA, to KOA, W. Memphis:  Left pretty early this morning at 8:30.  Good thing, because when we left the campground I said we should turn right, and Mike said we should turn left.  We turned right and of course I was wrong.  This park is in the middle of nowhere on little country roads.  So, now we had to find a place to turn around so we could get back on I55.  I found a side street where we could turn around, figuring there wouldn’t be very much traffic.  Turned onto the side street and started backing up, without the help of our walkie-talkies. Mike was back there somewhere trying to guide me, but I couldn’t see him.  In the meantime I’m in the middle of the intersection and Mike is holding off traffic.  Finally I gave up and pulled onto the side street and waited for the traffic to get around me.  A guy stopped and asked Mike what we were trying to do.  He told him we were trying to get back on I55, and he told us to just continue on the side street we had just turned onto and we’d run right into it. Okay then.  That’s what we did. I drove until we got through Jackson, MS.  I hate driving through Jackson, but I did it. Then we stopped for fuel and food and Mike took over. We didn’t get to W. Memphis until after 3:00.  A long day today. And we hit some major pot holes.  It’s a wonder we didn’t blow a tire or something. A stressful and long driving day today. We’ll probably be here a couple of days since there’s bad weather north of us. As soon as we feel the weather is clear from here to STL, we’ll make a dash for it.  59 today for the high. But it’s going to get cold here tonight. 

Our 96-year-old Lazy Lakes neighbor, Carmen, along with Howard Livingston of the MM24 Band. Carmen loves to dance.