Decided To Go With Sherri

First wreck on the Interstate just West of Longview Texas

 

Sunday 11, 2012

We headed over to the state park today to dump and while we were there we decided to just hook up the Jeep and go to Louisiana. One nice thing about full timing is the fact that when you decide to move on you can. When you have everything you own in your coach all you have to do is hook up and head out. How nice is that!

Sherri said she sure wished I could go with her to Louisiana…so I did. We cleaned up the black tank and got the Jeep hooked up and we were on the way East.

When we left the State Park the weather was overcast with drizzle. The temps were comfortable and there was no wind. This would be a good day to drive the Motorhome. We got to the Interstate and turned East. We were on the road for about an hour when we hit the first accident. A truck had hit a car and then slid off the highway. It was not raining when we came on the wreck but it had been and I suspect that the traffic was stopping and the eighteen wheeler could not.

This was wreck number one. Before we go to the Flying J in Shreveport we had ran into nine wrecks. All of them involved eighteen wheelers hitting cars or running off the road. I could not believe how fast the traffic was moving on these wet roads.

Second wreck just past Marshal Texas

Third Wreck and I was getting hungry

We finally arrived in Ruston and pulled into Lincoln Parish Park about 15 minutes before the gate closed. We had a coupon for three nights they had given us one time when we had to leave early. I thought that was a real nice gesture for them to do that. We will have a nice three day stay.

The water was up to the walk way around the lake

 

The weather was closing in on us as we made our way down into the park. The road is closed in by large pine trees on either side and it got dark down in the thick of it. We had unhooked the Jeep and Sherri was leading the way down to the camp area. She found our favorite site unoccupied and waved me in. With one swipe we were in and soon the jacks were down and the slides were out.

Sherri located our favorite site and we got parked…

The sun sank into the west.

Once we got settled we noticed that the lake was out of it’s banks and the water was rushing over the spillway. It was getting dark at that time and you could not see real well but you sure could hear it.

The sun was setting in the West as we went inside for the night. It rained off and on all night. We slipped into bed later than usual due to the Spring Forward Time change.

Looking forward to tomorrow when we can get out and hike some of the trails through the woods. I am writing on Windows Live Writer. I don’t have Internet down in here so I will post all this when we get some WIFI…

Somewhere in Time

 

Monday 12, 2012

This morning when I woke up I lay there for a long time. It was so quite and occasionally I could hear the rain drops falling out of the trees when the wind would blow. I pulled up the shade in the bedroom and looked out to see that it was still dark and from what I could tell from the moon light it was partly cloudy.

I got up and went into the kitchen and poured me a cup of coffee. Sherri was not too far behind and we sat for a long time sipping coffee and not saying anything. We finally both spoke at the same time commenting on how quite it was here and as the sun began to light up the park our comments turned to how beautiful it was here. This is one of our favorite parks so far out of all the ones we have stayed in.

The lighter it got the more we could see that the lake was slowly returning to its normal level. This is a thirty acre lake with several fishing docks and swimming beach. No motorized boats are allowed on the lake but you can use a trolling motor. I wish I had loaded my boat in the Jeep but I forgot it so all I can do is fish from the dock just down from our site. With the water being up so high during the rain I don’t look for the fishing to be too good but then I will have to wet a hook.

Before we knew it…it was 10:00 am and we were still in our jammies. I was rebooting my computer and Sherri was playing games on hers. I think I might have found a temporary fix for my computer. I have rebooted the start-up software and so far it has been working??? It still needs to go into the shop for a tune-up.

I guess we waited to long to go for our hike through the woods. They have bike trails here and you can walk them when they are not having an event. The trails go through some beautiful wooded areas and the birding is good here too. Maybe next time we visit Sherri wont have to work and we can spend more time exploring.   

We decided to go to Wally World before Sherri left to go to work. I needed some things to do a few projects with and maybe some bread and other supplies. While I was roaming the store I decided to pick me up a book to read. I finished my last book the other day and I was in need of another adventure. I can travel away in my mind when I read…I can be a pirate on a wooden sailing ship or an American Indian sitting on my pony atop a butte. Reading is real to me and is the one thing that takes me far far away from the reality of everyday life.

Well another day comes to an end…Sherri is leaving for work and I will stay behind. The months are passing fast and soon she will be able to retire and put all this work behind her. We will be heading out to see sights we have only read about….

Somewhere in Time

 

Tuesday 13, 2012

I woke up all alone in bed this morning. Sherri was gone and I had no one to drink coffee with. I did get up and make some and then sat in the living room and drank it all by myself.

It was still dark outside even though I slept in. I  guess the time change made the sun rise later. That was OK by me I just sat at the computer and typed in all the information for the day and enjoyed the time of peace and quite…it is quite here for sure!

When the sun broke through the trees I could see individuals moving about. I watched a grey squirrel romp around on the site next door to me. Appears he is looking for something to eat. There was not one leaf unturned when he finished his search. The sun got even higher and I watched many folks walking and running down the street in front of me and that made me miss Sherri that much more.

I once again tried to get a signal on Direct TV but to no avail. I guess the trees are just too thick down in here to let a signal through. The south is blocked from where I sit but I guess that is OK. This gives me more time on the computer…reading my books and generally letting my mind relax. Sometimes I think that TV takes our lives over and consumes much of our time that we could be discovering new things outdoors. I find myself spending too much time watching shows that have no meaning and only doing it to pass the time away.

Today I plan on reading some more of my book and making some spaghetti for us to eat tonight. I need to clean up around the coach and get some things put away. OH…I need to get my projects done so this coming weekend I wont have to worry with them.

Sherri just called and said that she would not be home tonight. She has picked up an additional job that she can do before returning. OH well I guess I can make it one more day…maybe I wont poison myself.

I fixed some tuna fish for lunch and scarfed down a sandwich in record time. I got to feeling guilty about stuffing myself so I decided to take a mile and a half walk around the lake. That is the distance around the lake so if you are in to walking and keeping track of how far you go this is the place to walk. They have the walkway marked off in quarters so you can keep track of the distance you have gone. At the first quarter mile I was not sure I could make the other mile and a quarter! It has been several weeks since my last serious walk so I was not feeling up to it. I sucked it up and made it, however, without too much problem. After I got the first three quarters in I did begin to feel better.

I returned home and collapsed in the chair. By this time it was 6:00 pm and I was thinking hard about fixing something to eat. I had planned one meal but with Sherri not coming home I just could not bring myself to do a lot of cooking. I know I will come up with something to fill me up. I don’t want to feel guilty again I don’t think I can make another lap around the lake.

Better go now. I don’t want to bore my poor readers out there with meaningless garble. I wish some of you were here to enjoy this wonderful park with Sherri and I. Keep it on your radar if you are ever passing through Rustin Louisiana on Interstate 20. Take Hwy 33 north for about 3 miles to a sign that says “Lincoln Parish Park”. I think you will find it to be a jewel…as we have…

Somewhere in Time