Time to Head South

 

This morning the alarm was going off….Why?? I have no idea…I guess because I forgot to unset it last night. Sherri had no idea how to turn my alarm off so I had to get up and find the remote to turn the darn thing off.

Sherri was fixing the coffee by the time I got the alarm shut off so we just stayed up. No since in trying to go back to sleep after all the turmoil. We settled into our recliners and waited for the light to go off on the pot so we could pour the first cup. AHHH that first sip was heavenly. I came to and was able to form some words that you could understand. The morning was officially underway now.

Today is a moving day so we are going over all the things that we need to do before we start on them. Kind of a mental list that we do on moving days. Talking about them reassures us that we still know what to do in order to move from one place to the next.

After coffee time was over it was time to get moving. I got up and got dressed and then headed out side to start the unhooking task. I realized that I forgot to top off the tank in the truck last night…so it was off to the station to get diesel. When I got back I finished up the outside chores while Sherri waited for me. We were on the road by 9:30… by any means a good start on a travel day.

Our GPS said that we would arrive in Marksville by 12:30 and it was right on. We got checked in with our PA rate for 5 days and the rest of the stay would be at the regular rate. We are staying here for two weeks for under $250.00. Not a bad rate for such a nice park with all the amenities it has.

When we arrived at our assigned site we noticed that our neighbor had his cable TV line stretched across our pad. That was not going to work…and about that time I saw the park host driving around in his  golf cart and flagged him down. He called up to the main desk and had use moved one site over. OK now we could get settled in. Sherri and I both by this time were hungry…not having eaten any breakfast. We made a fast set up and grabbed the first passing shuttle to the casino.

The Casino here in Marksville has really made a lot of great changes over the last 12 years we have been coming here. One of those changes has been the buffet. It is all new and very spacious with good food at a reasonable (lunch) price. We ate a little of everything and did not over do.

Next it was on to the Promotions counter where I got a new card and Sherri cashed in her points and got a few cards to fill out for the drawing. They had a $100,000.00 drawing…that by the way we did not win…so we are still poor. We had fun on the slots for a while and then decided it was time to go home.

We retreated to our house and got comfortable. We watched TV for a short time and  I noticed that Sherri was asleep so the TV went off and I sent her off to bed. We had a wonderful time today and thanked the Lord for delivering us safe on our journey….

Somewhere in Time