Down The Road To Marksville La

The weather is not looking too good but we have to get going

 

We were both up early this morning getting ready for the trip to Louisiana. The weather was terrible and we wanted to get as far south as possible and as fast as possible so we could dry off. We have been wet most of the time in Red Bay and we were looking forward to some dry time. I have so much to do to the outside of the MH and wet rainy weather does not play well with that.

We did not get the early departure time that we had hoped for. I had to go over to the Service Office and check out and then walk over to the office to sign out. The Service Office did not open until 7:00 am so by the time I got out of there and out of the RV park it was going on 7:45. We finished up the last few things and then hooked the Jeep up.

We were out the gate at 8:00 and across the street at the gas station where we had to wait for a woman to fill up her car and pay the bill. This seemed to take for ever but soon she reappeared and drove off. We gassed up and headed down the street to the propane company where we filled up with propane…paid the bill and back on the road.

We had planned on stopping in Jackson Mississippi to spend a night with John and Bridget but the weather was so rotten we decided to go straight through to Marksville La. This would be about a 7 hour drive and with the rain and wind it seemed like 14 hours. We went to Vicksburg where we took Hwy 61 to Natchez Mississippi and then crossed the Mississippi to Hwy 15 that took us down the river to Hwy 1. Right on Hwy 1 and 20 miles later we were pulling into Marksville.

I have to  tell you about Hwy 15 that takes you down the river side. You are driving next to the river on a narrow road that is in bad need of repair. I’ll have to say it was very interesting to see how people live in that part of the world. We could see signs of all the high water that had been there not too long ago.We could not see what people saw in living so close to the river like that but then I guess it is not too much different than people living on the coast.

It took us a little over an hour to get to Hwy 1 and needless to say Sherri was very happy to get on a good road. We pulled in and got settled in. Then it was time for us to go over to McDonalds for a burger. We then headed to where else…Wally World… for needed supplies and back home to relax for the rest of the evening.

It was a long day and we are thankful that we made it here without incident…

Somewhere in Time