Monday in Shreveport

Love this sky

Alarm….is that an alarm? Is it fire… terrorist…what is it. No it is the alarm Sherri set last night to get up to. She had to be at work at 7:00 this morning and she set the alarm for 5:30. I know she is so tired this morning. She worked so hard yesterday nailing down that deck at the lake property. Now she has to get up and go to work. She will be worn out tonight.

No coffee this morning. We have a pot in the room but Sherri does not like using it. She says they are germy. I guess she knows…I used mine when I was out of town. I had one in all my hotel rooms and used them all. Maybe that is what is wrong with me now? I dare not use this one so we just go without coffee until we return home.

Sherri was ready to leave so I walked her down to the truck. We are downtown Shreveport and I feel better if I walk her to the truck. I know she gets in it safely and she calls me when she gets there so I know she got there safely.

After Sherri left I went back up to the room and got my free breakfast coupon for the hotel breakfast buffet. I went down and had me a real nice breakfast. They had scrambled eggs bacon hash browns sausage and coffee! WOW it was good too. Then I left out on my walk downtown. I was a little uneasy walking in this area but then I thought I am not going to let an area intimidate me like that. I am going to walk and enjoy it and so I did.

Leaving the hotel I have to cross this bridge over the city arcade and train rails.

This is the rail lines that run through the city. They cause many traffic jams going down to the river front.

One of the many murals that decorate the city buildings, which otherwise would be eye soars in this section of the city.

This is two of the casinos that line the Red River here in Shreveport. They are Sam’s Town and the Eldorado. I can walk to either one of them or take the shuttle.

 This is the amphitheater located on the banks of the Red River. This is in a city park setting and has beautiful walkways throughout the park.

  This is the Huey P. Long Bridge built as his legacy during his rain as governor of Louisiana. This was taken from the park.

Just down river from the Long bridge is the railroad bridge. This is located next to the park.

Here are the water gardens facing the river and next to the amphitheater.

       

This is the Horseshoe Hotel and Casino Boat. They too are located across from the park and down from the bridge.

This is looking South down the Red…the boat you see is the Boomtown Casino. Around the corner out of site would be the Diamond Jack Casino.

Looking North up the Red is the Long Bridge and miles of waterway. Not as big as the Mississippi but this river was once a major waterway for supplies up and down  Louisiana.

Next to the park is the Police and Firefighters Memorial. The stones surrounding the memorial have the names of all the fallen Policemen and Firefighters of Shreveport. From 1800's to 1995 are represented here. A real nice memorial overlooking the city they worked for.

 

One of the many stone markers at the memorial.

 After my site seeing trip I returned to the room and spent time on the computer. Watched a little TV and then back on the computer some more. I found Sandra and Dee on line and chatted with them for a while. I enjoy talking to my friends so far away. JJ was on there but never acknowledged me so I assume she was busy.

Well it was while I was chatting with Sandra and Dee that I noticed the time. It was almost 6:00 and I had not heard from Sherri. I called her and she was still working. Gee it is almost 12 hours! She said she was about to finish the set and would call me before she got on the road. I said good-bye to Sandra and Dee and waited for her call. It was about 30 minutes later when she called and said that she was almost to the hotel. I went down to meet her but she was already in the building when I got down there and we rode the elevator up together.

We visited a while in the room and then decided to go out to eat. We both chose to go to Diamond Jack’s buffet and then play for a while when we finished our meal.

We did just that and had so much fun winning and then losing and then winning. Sherri was down when we left but I was up $2.00. For me $2.00 up is good…that is almost doubling my money! WEEEE

We left the casino about 9:30 and went back across the river to the hotel . It was not too long after I got on chat that we both decided to turn in for the night. We had a wonderful day…less the working part… and look forward to more fun….

Somewhere in Time