Trouble leaving and arriving

We got up earlier than ever! I don't know why but we were both up at 4:30 in the morning. I guess being the day we were to depart we were anxious to get going. We made our coffee and sat with each other and talked about our route we were going to take. I had planned to go on the fairy which would eliminate going through town and all the morning traffic.
I was pretty confident that our awning was secure enough for the trip. I double checked it when I went outside to start getting things ready to go. I watched the slides as Sherri brought them in and then I checked the jacks as she raised them.
That is when I noticed that the drivers side front jack had a broken spring. OH me one more thing for me to worry about. We finished getting everything ready and then pulled up to the office to hook up the Jeep.
I got everything hooked up and then went to putt the 12 volt cable in and could not get it to go in! I worked and worked and finally Sherri got out of the Jeep and came around to see what was taking so long. I told her  I could not get the cable plugged in. She took the plug from me turned it over and plugged it in. OH! OK so that was my FIRST mistake.

Got on the fairy with no problem

The Bay was rather choppy. You can see the ships waiting to be piloted in to the port.

We checked everything out with the Jeep hook up and then pulled out and headed for the fairy. We were driving down Seawall Blvd and that is when we noticed that the wind was blowing out of the Northeast. That is the way we are headed. OK so we are going to be headed straight into the wind all day. There goes my gas mileage. I was surprised when I got to the Flying J in Orange that the price of fuel was $3.27 with my discount card. Well one thing is working in my favor.

Crossing into Louisiana 

Hello Louisiana 

We fueled up and then pulled out for the last leg of the trip. All went well through Lake Charles and then we caught I 49 in Lafayette and took off north. I hate when you get behind those eighteen wheeler s and the back wash starts shaking you back and forth...
That is when I made the SECOND mistake. I decided to speed up and pass the truck. Well that is when the wash off the truck sucked the awning out of the roll and well you know what happened next.
Lucky for us it happened at the exit to Marksville. We pulled off and into a big parking lot. I got out to see what I could do to fix things. When I opened the door and walked outside I noticed that it was freezing cold! I got the ladder out and tucked the awning back in and tied off the ends. That is as good as I could do for now.
We crippled in all the way to Marksville at 30 miles an hour with a line of cars behind us as far as the eye could see. I was so happy that none of those folks got road rage and started shooting at us.
We finally made it to the RV Park and got checked in. It was cold here! We left 70 degree temps and arrived in 40 degree temps! What ever happened...could it be we headed north and that is why it is cold?
Now it is raining and I have to set up. I'll get it all done...

Somewhere in Time