Sunday May 1 Our week at a glance.

Sunday last we meandered from Dallas into Lake Conroe where we spent two nights. It was a pleasant quiet park and we enjoyed looking out over the Lake and watching the birds do their thing.

Tuesday, was supposed to be an overnight in Midland, Texas but we passed through that area relatively early in the day and decided to go on. As it turned out, we did not find a suitable RV spot until we reached Tye Texas, between Odessa and Abilene. That turned out to be a bit noisy inasmuch as there was an air base nearby and each time a jet took off it sounded like it was flying through our coach. The first one startled us enough that we thought it was falling for sure. Fortunately, we only had to endure three departing flights but at 2AM, all of the birds came home to roost and there must have been 15 jets landing within the space of 1 hour. Needless to say, I don’t think we would choose that park again.

On Wednesday we arrived at Abita Springs just across Lake Pontchartrain, from New Orleans. We enjoyed a warm pleasant Thursday at the park and a rather mediocre dinner at a local restaurant, but alas it’s okay, it was for a good cause, local enterprise. .
On Friday we braved the traffic into downtown New Orleans and enjoyed a quick visit to Bourbon Street, river walk and a ferry ride to Old Algiers before calling it a day and making our way back to our home base. There is a jazz festival in New Orleans and we toyed with the idea of attending that on Saturday but our enthusiasm was subdued by the anticipation of great crowds.

Friday night we were tormented by a gala of electrical storms that passed over the area and Saturday remnants of thundershowers were severe enough for us to relax within the safety of our RV. In the afternoon, the storm clouds subsided and we braved the elements for a drive up the road to Picayune, Mississippi, where a friend from our younger days resides but alas, we didn’t locate her. Also located near there is a NASA facility where engines for our space vehicles are made but alas, we missed the last tour of the day. Tours are conducted Monday through Saturday but the last tour on Saturday is at 2PM and we were too late.

Today, Sunday, we drove up the to Plaquemiines Parish, along the Mississippi River and its delta and the long Gulf Coast coastline. We drove to the very end of the road, at Boothville/Venice. We were impressed with the beauty of the area as well as the enterprise exhibited by the many refineries and oil related industries, fishing and farming along the delta. According to a local brochure, “the rich delta that makes up Plaquemines Parish was created over 700 years ago when the Mississippi River shifted 50 miles east from its ancestral banks and created a landmass and wet lands that is unique in the entire world. Nearly 14 percent of United States wetlands are contained in Plaquemines Parish.”


We stopped at historic old Fort Jackson and toured that old facility where a famous Civil War battle took place. According to my trusty brochure, “In April of 1862 Fort Jackson was in battle for several days before surrendering to the Union forces on April 28,1862. Each year the battle is reenacted at the fort and includes a living history encampment.” All in all an interesting day.

On Tuesday, we will move on en route to Orlando, and the arrival of our daughter, Terri who, along with our friend, Helen Holzaepfel, will join us for a week in Key West, Florida. Goodness, a week from today, we will be reporting from Key West.

Have a good week.