Sunday on the Move

 

Sunday was a move day and not much going on except for the usual prep work. Sherri got up and went to the barn to finish all the laundry. I was up exceptionally early to get my post off and to ready the RV for travel. We still have our little buddy with us so it takes twice as long to make a move than when we are solo. Sherri only took on one cup of coffee this morning due to the fact that we do not have a bathroom at the barn. Coffee seems to run through us like water in a fountain.

I did want to take this time to tell all my readers how much I appreciate all the comments that you leave. I do hope that my journal brings some smiles to your lives…I know experiencing all the things that happen to Sherri and I bring smiles to ours. We have a good time out here on the road…even though Sherri is working she is off enough for us to have fun together and see and do many things that we never were able to do when I worked.

We will be leaving out today on the road to a new place and a new adventure. My little buddy goes home and I will be alone for the week. Maybe I will have some adult conversation with someone at the new park.

Well better get to work…more later. And here it is later. We are at Hickory Creek settled in our new pull thru space hooked up and ready for the week ahead. We arrived around 3:00 to find out that the folks in the space we had reserved could not be reached. The ranger apologized for the inconvenience and told us we could have any site that we wanted…or we could take a temp site and wait for them to find the MIA’s in site 98…at which time we could move into that site when they left. Sherri and I opted to find us another site which we would not have to move from at a later time. We found site 60 right on the lake which we took. We had to go back up to the gate to sign into that sight and that meant we had to take the trailer with us….how was I going to turn around? We got signed in and I had to leave the park and turn around on the street that intersected the park road. No big deal for us…we are professionals now.

We really came out better this way. Site 60 has a wonderful view of the lake and we have a big front yard to play in. Sometimes things happen for the best and this is one of them.

Site #60 is really better than #89

This is out our front porch

Will be launching the boat from here soon.

We decided to go exploring this afternoon. They have built a new bridge across the lake here that connects the West side of the Lake to the East side of the Lake. It is a toll bridge and it cuts out many miles of travel from where we are located to where Sherri will be working. We loaded up the truck and found our way over to the bridge took a trip across it and wondered around on the other side of the lake to see what there was there to see. We did not stay long due to hunger overtaking us and we were soon back at the RV to find us something to eat. Sherri whipped up a great meal and we ate like there was no tomorrow.

After my dinner settled I was outside to set up the dish for the TV. It did not take long and we were watching…what else…Cartoons. Hey I know it is not the most interesting thing to watch but if little buddy is occupied watching that Sherri and I can play on the computers. I got on chat for a short bit and then it was time to read some emails and journals that I am behind on. Before I knew it…it was 10:00 and time to get to bed.

Not the most exciting day but tomorrow might bring on an adventure never before experienced…

Somewhere in Time

Happy Birthday Franki

Will someone please pull the knife out of my back. If I roll over I will just drive it further into my spine. I did draw my feet up within reach of my hands and yes they are still there…I am experiencing numbness below my neck. I wonder if all this could be connected to me unloading the cargo trailer and then loading it back up again. Who will ever know…If I don’t get down to the kitchen to make coffee this morning I will not be alive to tell anyone what happened.

Yesterday was one of those days that seems like they will never end. Why is it those type of days are filled with hard work and not extreme merriment. Sherri and I after drinking our coffee and doing our usual prep for the day left the RV and went straight to work at the barn. I had to finish hooking up the washer and dryer and then unloaded the rest of my tools from the trailer. Then I had to take all the yard sale totes and boxes out of Sherri’s side of the barn and load them back in the cargo trailer. At the end of that task is when my back started to twist in pain. One more box…one more bag of clothes…one more sack of trash and I would have to be laid to rest.

We did get most of that done…not all…but most and we are on the home stretch in completing our home base. I have to get my shop into some kind of order and Sherri has to get her side insulated…sheet rocked…and painted. If we had a full week to dedicate to this we could finish it up. I will need some time for my back to heal some before I move anything else.

Yesterday was Franki’s birthday. For those of you just tuning in Franki is my granddaughter. She was 2 years old and we had a party at her house. Sherri Kris and I went to Beall’s and shopped for her some clothes and shoes. Her mom is Jennifer the Constable…and she told us that Franki did not need any toys…she needed clothes…so that was our mission. We arrived at the store and immediately lost Sherri in the clothes department. What is it with women and shopping? You turn your back and they are gone…I turned to find her and then noticed that Kris was missing…WEEE this is fun…let me do this everyday. I looked and listened but could not hear a thing so I found a chair with a view of the front door and the check out counter. I knew no one would make it out of the store without me seeing them so I just sat there until they showed up. It did not take long for me to find them…not by site but by the wails of mournful cries coming from Sherri. “Kris stop that” Kris please put that back” “Kris watch where you are going”. I think I have found the perfect solution to prolong shopping trips with the wife….take Kris. Yes it was not long before she was trying to find me. We were reunited and Sherri’s purchases were made very quickly and we were out of there in short order.

We arrived at Franki’s house and had a wonderful birthday party…gifts and cake…and beer. The beer was for my back and nerves which have been severally damaged these past few days. Sherri drove us home after the party…I mention this for any MADD members out there. I mean after all our kids are in law enforcement… you did not think I would have driven home.

That just about sums up yesterday. We have to move out Sunday. We will  be headed to Hickory Creek COE. Sherri has to finish up the laundry that we did not get to yesterday. I will give you the full rundown on the move….

Somewhere in Time    

Washer and Dryer Arrives

Great! Lowe’s showed up with Sherri’s washer and dryer right on time.

The sun was not up when I rolled over to see the clock across the room. It was quiet and I had to stop and think where I was this morning. I finally cleared the cobwebs from my mind and remembered arriving at Tawakoni State Park. OK now I can go and make coffee without having to worry about where I am.

You know when you full time in an RV and you move as much as Sherri and I do you have to stop and think….Where are we this morning. When you stay in one place for a month or so then you know where you are for a while. Just think about it… You wake up in the same bedroom…but it has moved to a different state or town and you have to stop and think each morning what your location is. I have gone down made coffee…poured me a cup…open the front door to go out on the patio and was surprised at the scene in front of me. I had forgot that I had moved.

I know where I am now and the coffee is made. I sat out on the porch and posted my entry for the day…in the dark…with a good Air Card Signal! Life is good. Soon Sherri popped out the door and we talked about getting the washer and dryer today and how she would watch our house  guest while I got all the hook ups done. We had a plan now all we had to do was get ready to go over to the lot and get to work. I would start with the electrical hook up in the box and then run the wire to the front of the barn where the washer and dryer would be located. I had purchased all the necessary supplies the week before.

We headed on over as soon as Kris woke up and I got started with my part. Sherri sat with my buddy…who really wanted to help me…but decided to play instead. I got the breakers wired in and the lines run to the plugs about the time that Lowe’s showed up. They got everything put in the barn and we were happy campers now. Sherri would soon be able to wash clothes at our home port and not have to worry about finding a laundry mat.

First the breakers had to be wired. I will have to come back and put the wire in conduit when I have more time.

Pulled the wires down the shop wall and ….

…into Sherri’s room. Now all I have to do is run the water and the drain.

About 1:00 it got too hot for me to work inside so Sherri suggested that we quit for the day and go home and eat. It did not take long for me to agree and we did just that. When we got home Sherri fixed some salad with chicken in it and I sat down and ate. Kris as usual was not hungry and wanted to go out and play in the pool…Me being the tuff grandparent that I am…went outside and aired up his pool so he could swim. I wanted to get in the pool with him but it was too small so I just sat on the porch and turned the fan on me and watched him have fun.

 Kris got to cool off in his pool

Well I guess underwear is OK for a swim.

No nap today…so when it cooled off enough to get back to work we headed back over to the barn to finish up the task at hand. While working my daughter the constable dropped by to say hello. I did not have pictures of her since she was put on patrol…so she let me take one for the post here.

The Constable showed up to arrest us…

Jennifer came by to see her Mom and Dad. She was just getting off duty…well like she said she is never off duty.

Well it got too dark to work and I still had a couple of things to finish up so I guess it will have to wait until the morning. Sherri will have to do her wash in the morning when I finish. We went back to the park and settled in for the night. We all got our showers and it was not too long and my little buddy was asleep in Maw Maws arms. I put him to bed and then made me a peanut butter sandwich…did the dishes…woke Sherri up and we both went to bed.

That was it for this day….

Somewhere in Time

Thursday on the Road.

We made it to Tawakoni State Park and found a great site. We have full hook-ups here.

OH NO my eyes came open and I know that it must be time to get up and get ready to leave again. It is Thursday morning and we are going to Wills Point… the money refueling stop in our life on the road. Coffee has to be  made this morning and it has to be consumed by us so we can remember how to get there. If it were not for coffee and road maps Sherri and I would be two lost balls in the tall weeds.

I cannot remember who made it up and down to the kitchen to make the coffee but my money would be on Sherri. I am not as fast out of the sack as she is. I did get a cup and drank it down while posting my journal on line. We had a fairly good Internet connection at Tall Pines and I could get on early and post before our house guest got up and started demanding all my time.

I must say this…I love keeping my little buddy. He is the only child that has ever really loved me with all his heart. Non of my kids ever loved on me as much as he does. They all tolerated me to some extent and that was about it. My little buddy on the other hand loves me unconditionally. We are pals till the end. So if you ask yourself….Why does this man take on this responsibility…you will know.

OK moving right along…We have to pull out this morning and head West. Sherri mentioned that we would need to do some washing before we left so she got two loads together and Kris and I went to the laundry mat to do them. He and I had the oh so familiar talk about him being good and not running wild. You know that really does some good for about the first five minutes you are there and then the gloves come off…his gloves. Mine…well they stay on cause he is so cute. We had a fairly calm time at the laundry and we did get the clothes washed and dried.

During this whole process I went and picked up some burgers for us all to eat. Sherri took over the clothes and Kris and I went to get diesel for $2.59 and burgers for the same price each. When we returned we ate our lunch and I hooked up the house dumped the tanks and pulled out.

We only had to make one Pee stop on the way. Most all those are emergencies with a 3 year old. They don’t feel like they have to Pee until they HAVE to Pee! I pulled off at the next exit,,,you know you do not have time to research a good place to pull off…you just take the next exit and pray that there is someplace to inch off the road. Of course the first place we stopped was not a good one so I scouted out another and it was good so the pit stop was successful.

The rest of the trip was uneventful…other than the Cars Movie not coming on when it was suppose to. And then I forgot to put the truck back into Tow-Haul and it started down shifting…but that was all corrected.

Plenty of room for my little buddy to ride around on the 3 wheeler.

This is our view from the patio

The weather said that it might rain this weekend so Sherri and I decided to stay at the State Park down the street from our lot. We don’t have the driveway in yet so we thought it would be better not to get stuck out on the yard. We have to pull out for Lake Lewisville Sunday morning and did not want to have to call Good Sam to pull us out.  Tawakoni State Park has full hook ups here…yes sewer! We really like it here and don’t have to worry about dumping. We are in Site 69 with an extra wide drive so the little guy can ride his 3 wheeler all over.

Well here I am once more at the end of my post. I will get on chat tonight and see what all my Dreamer friends are up to. I will post some pictures of our site and then I will get ready for this…another day….

Somewhere in Time

Funeral in Shreveport

Tuesday morning Sherri and I woke up to the sound of rain on the roof. Yes it was raining…not hard…but a steady patter of rain that was telling me to stay in bed and close my eyes…it was trying to lull me back to dream land.

We had to get ready to go on a unpleasant journey…one that Sherri and I have had to face so much in our life here lately. We had to go to a funeral here in Shreveport. One of Sherri’s cousins died last weekend and her funeral was today. Seems like the older you get the more funerals you have to attend of family and friends.

This is why Sherri had to buy our little house guest a new set of clothes for today. He did not have dress up clothes with him so we had to outfit him in some new duds. Actually for that matter I did not have too many dress clothes. We always said that we needed to keep some nice dress up clothes in the RV for those occasions that you would have to dress up. Luckily I had enough good things to wear without having to go shopping myself.

The funeral was at 11:30 and we would be driving over there with Sherri’s brother Danny. He came by and took me and Kris out to eat breakfast while Sherri was getting ready to go. We ate at Cracker Barrel and enjoyed a good breakfast. Kris conducted himself in a good grown up manner and I was real proud of him.

We arrived at the funeral…and as all funerals go it was sad and somber. Well for the grown ups…Kris on the other hand found the kneeling bench behind the pews and began to lift it up and down at an alarming rate. I tried to prop my foot up against it to keep him from doing that but to no avail. Then at one point when I turned around to say HI to a couple of friends setting behind us Kris took off. Yes up the aisle to the back of the chapel. I bolted for the aisle and tried to  grab him once and fell forward nearly falling to the floor. The folks on the far side of the building could not see Kris ahead of me running… all they could see was a fat old man stumbling down the aisle grabbing at something. The OOOs went out and I had to run faster. I caught him right before he headed out the door.

OK that was the end of the service for me. Sorry Joy I love you and will miss you but I had to restrain my grandson before he reeked havoc at your funeral. He and I circled the building outside until I started getting light headed from the heat. I talked him into going inside for a while…big mistake…and we went to the family room and sat down.

My eyes soon cleared and I notice Kris had disappeared! My gosh where on earth could he have gone. I left the room and looked up and down the hallway…no Kris…I did notice a door that was open near the end of the hallway. That was the door to a viewing room! OH MY GOD! Yes the worst fear I could dream up was now a reality. Kris was in another viewing room with a poor soul we did not know. I quickly went and grabbed him and we said our good-byes to whoever. Who is that Poppa? Why is him laying in that box? OK that is a question that I will have to answer at a later date.

Still have not figured out why the boy and I went to the funeral…being that we either one attended the service. I think it made his Maw Maw happy and that is what counts.

The graveside was not much better. It was a rainy day and then the sun broke out and the humidity went through the roof. We had brought some umbrellas incase it started raining. Kris had to hold one and soon he was running through the crowds…umbrella hitting folks about knee level. People jumped around trying to miss the little guy. This was a very unique service…one like no other I had attended in some time.

We did make it back to the RV later that afternoon. It was good to be home and have Kris where he could do no harm to the living or the dead. God I love that little guy but he is no fun at funerals!

The rest of the evening was spent on the computer visiting on chat and reading journals. Sherri Bejeweled and Kris played on the floor with his trucks. Tomorrow we head out of here to our lake lot and no Internet. I hope I will be able to communicate with you…

Somewhere in Time.    

Tall Pines RV Park Louisiana

I have been so far behind on reading Journals and posting on my own that I feel lost. It is Tuesday and we are settled in here at Tall Pines.We had an uneventful trip here that took us about 2 hours to complete. My little short guy helped me set up the outside stuff and then went in to help his Maw Maw put the slides out. He is such a good helper and we enjoy having him.

After we got everything set up it was about 5:30 and we were all hungry. Sherri suggested that we go down the road to Jan’s Catfish Restaurant. We love their catfish and hush puppies. They have the best coleslaw and beans too. We ate like a bunch of field hands and then headed for…Where Else…Wally World…Sherri wanted to get Kris and pair of pants and a new shirt.

There is not much more to report for this day. Travel days are boring…unless you stop and site see and we did not this trip. We took Kris walking…he likes to ride his three wheeler while we follow behind. I know that I must have walked a couple of miles a day with him. It is good for me and I don’t mind…just really tired.

OK maybe I will have more excitement in my post next time. Sorry I have been so slow in posting but Internet is not always what you want it to be…

Somewhere in Time

Out of Range

Thursday morning Sherri was up and getting ready for work and I thought maybe someone was sitting on me. I could not move my legs. First thing that came to my mine was I had a spinal cord injury from yesterdays workout. Then I noticed I could wiggle my toes…Thank God I am not paralyzed. That would be a poor ending to a fun filled retirement. I managed to get up and make my way passed Sherri to the bathroom and then I found my clothes. I found the strength to bend my legs far enough to get my pants on and raised my arms up far enough to put on a T-shirt. I think I will make it now that I am dressed.

Now this is swamp…Caddo Lake.

Did anyone say Gators….

I walked Sherri down stairs and we had coffee together in the lobby. Soon it was time for her to leave and we said our good-byes. I returned to the room and took me a hot shower…put on clean clothes and prayed that I would make it until Sherri got back from work. Today would be a short day and then we would pack it up and head to Wills Point to the RV.

We passed through Jefferson Texas on the way home and took some pictures of the churches and houses there. It is a neat little town.

This is a neat little filling station from way back when.

She was a little later than check out time getting here to the hotel…but I got everything packed up and was waiting in the lobby when she got there. After checking out we were on the road by 12:00. It was a 2 1/2 hour drive to the lake lot and it sure was nice to be back in the RV.

We got all the luggage unloaded and put away and then it was time to eat a late lunch. We has a ton of laundry to was and our drier being down and out Sherri said she wanted to get a washer and drier for the Barn. We would need one when we stayed there for long periods of time and she would not have to use the washer and drier in the RV. This would be the project for Friday. Until then it was time to relax and enjoy not having to do one thing.

Friday Buying the Washer Dryer.

Morning came and we both were glued to the bed. Had it not been for the our addiction to coffee we might not have even got up. The coffee need got us up and going and soon we had the energy to clean out the barn to make room for the washer and dryer. We had planned on going to Rockwall to Lowes and Home Depot to price them. They usually have marked down units there. We did not want to buy an expensive set just one that would wash more than a handful of clothes at a time. We found the perfect set…Maytag…Heavy duty…on sale plus 10% off and free delivery! This was at Home Depot. Sherri being the shopper she is said that we need to check out Lowes before we purchased so we headed over there next. They had the same unit there and sold it to us for the same 10% off…plus they could deliver on Sunday! Great! We bought it.

By the way between the time we got up and left for Rockwall we had a guest come to stay for the week. Our little man has come to visit while we are at the lake. He had called us almost every day to see if we were back in town. We will keep him until next week end and then he goes back home.

We returned from Rockwall and when we got home Sherri found out that she would be working in Arkansas next week so we had to make plans for a place to stay near Nashville Arkansas. We found a couple of COE parks on Millwood Lake and a State Park as well. We could not find out any information on the COE parks and they did not come up on Recreation.gov so we opted for the State Park. I called and they said we would not need any reservations and yes they were Big Rig Friendly. OK so that is all taken care of now all we need to do is get all our stuff ready to move.

Not much more to report this day. We of course have no Internet connection out here so we are not posting. I will have to post at a later date.

Saturday Sherri Goes Shopping

We got up and made our coffee…trying to be real quiet so we did not wake up our house guest. We wanted to get down a couple cups of coffee before the excitement began. We poured a cup each and then stepped outside to set on our new deck. I thought I would try to get a connection  outside. I brought the cradle point out and set it on top of the truck. I sat with the lap top on the deck. I got a connection but it was very slow and still could not post this entry so I just read my emails and chatted for a while with Dee. Maybe later I will try placing the cradle point some other place to see if we can get a better connection…but I think our guest is up so things are getting ready to change.

Sure enough I was on the floor shortly playing cars and trucks. We played until Sherri got ready to go shopping. Kris and I headed over to Rodney and Becky’s RV to see what they were up to. They too had a house guest. Kevin…Rodney and Becky’s G-Son was staying with them for the weekend. Kris and Kevin played while we grownups visited. Soon Sherri called and said she was on her way home and wanted to know what the dinner plans were. We planned out a place to eat in Terrell. When Sherri go there we loaded up and went to eat. Had a good meal and a good visit.

Here it is Saturday night and we are back at the home base. In the morning we leave for Arkansas. I will report as soon as we get settled there.

Sunday on the road and Monday at the Park

We had a nice trip here to Millwood Lake State Park. It is located right off Hwy 32 just before you cross the Millwood Lake Dam. We had to circle the park several times to find a place that we could back into. This is an older park and made for much smaller RVs. We finally found site 38 that we could back into. Sherri got me in there with no problem. We got set up and then we had to go to Nashville to see where Sherri was going to work. It was about 18 miles to her job which is a little longer than she likes to drive but it was a nice drive and the park is nice so all is well.

Our site #38 at Millwood Lake State Park Arkansas

View from our porch here at the Lake

Ours site from the road coming in…really wide open and not too many folks around

This is the cove at the park. They said the lake was down…WOW that is an understatement. They drained the lake to clean something ???

Here is the boat ramp. You can see how low it is.

Monday Sherri and I got up before our house guest did so we have time to drink our coffee and visit before she had to  get ready to leave for work. As she was getting ready Kris woke up and my day began.

We spent the day exploring the park and the play ground. I have some pictures of the park I am going to post. We leave tomorrow for Louisiana and Tall Pines RV Park. We will be there for two nights and then who knows. I will update this Tuesday night when we get to Shreveport…

Somewhere in time.

Wednesday Working Out

Hello darkness….my old friend…That is all I could see through the crack in the curtains this morning when I peeked out from under the covers. I heard Sherri in the bathroom getting ready for work and I said to myself I need to swing my legs out of bed and get dressed.

I did just that and could hear the bones in my legs cracking from the sudden movement. I have been diagnosed with Author Righteousness  in my knees lower back and shoulders…let me see that leaves my hands in good shape…thank God. I can still open a candy bar wrapper…not really I am watching my food intake. I just like to joke around about it.

I walk each day and try to keep my muscles and my body from freezing up. If I ever stop it could be curtains for this guy. Fulltiming will help me stay in shape more than sitting in an office all day long. I probably spend too much time on this computer and that is not good.

Today I found the fitness room down stairs and took a try out on the machines. They have a tread mill and a machine that looks like a Bow-Flex. I took a whirl on the machine and was almost hurled through the mirror on the other side of the room. I figured out that you have to set it to your strength level…which in my case is puny. You don’t pull on the machine and expect it to return slowly for your old body…it is like a sling shot…you pull it then it is loaded and then it shoots you back. OK so much for that…I think I will stick to walking.

The tread mill seemed much friendlier. I stepped up on it and read the panel before me. Slow..Fast..Faster.. Ludicrously Fast. Flat 4% 6% Wall climbing %. Now the combination to all this mean certain death if your not careful….and I am not known to be a careful person as many of you well know. Yes your correct I hit the Max Play button and…..the next few minutes…what seemed to be hours….was horrifying! I was actually running for my life…and it was passing before my eyes as I was running. I tried with all my might to let go of the bar in front of me so I could re-adjust the speed…but to no avail. I un-a**ed this nightmare…for no better word…and hit the off button once I could get my eyes to stop blinking. That is when I noticed the young lady behind me. She had a startled look on her face…and she had her thumb on her cell phone as though she was dialing 911. She asked if I was OK and I said why sure hone I do this every day…it is my way of knowing that I am still alive. I don’t think she saw me being shot out of the machine too. I know that I gave her something to tell all her friends at the club.

Well I got my towel…sucked in my gut…and wished her a good workout….strutted out like I had no problem in the world…turned pulled out the camera and took a picture of HELL made it to the elevator and then started crying. OH MY GOD! Every muscle in my body was calling out for morphine! Please let me get back to my room so I can shower and die in bed.

That was my morning. I was in hopes of having a calm afternoon. Maybe sitting down behind a slot machine with no moving floors and a button I could hit without running. I guess until then I will stay here at the computer and enter my post.

Sherri was home early and we heated up our leftovers from last night. We had planned on going exploring but I guess she was tired and my body was still wrenching in pain…I did not mention the workout to her. I was just glad that we sat for a while.

Doncat http://rvdaydreams.blogspot.com/ called me and we talked for some time. It was good to hear from him. He told me that he and Cheryl were planning on going to the RV show in Dallas in September so we are planning on meeting up there…if Sherri’s schedule works out that way. We love to look at new models of RV’s even though we are not buying at this time…we still like to look. We like to see all the new layouts and gadgets they have on them.

After talking with Don…Sherri and I headed out to the casino to try our luck once more. I have been holding my own and at this time I was about $2.00 ahead. We went to Diamond Jacks  and tried out many slots. I was losing money fast so I slowed down my pace…now that is hard to do when you bet one penny on one line…I just hit the button slower. Sherri on the other hand sat down at a new machine…something Sharks? They had just put these machines on line when Sherri spotted them. She was not there long and hit it for $175.00. Then she hit it again for $75.00…WOW she was on a roll. She ended up well over $250.00 to the good and cashed out. What I had lost was quickly forgotten. We then topped the night off at Texas Roadhouse with steaks.

Not a bad way to end a day that started out iffy to say the least….

Somewhere in Time. 

 

Casinos and Buffets

They have had storm after storm come through here and I just can’t get enough pictures of the clouds over the city skyline.

This morning the alarm went off but I went back to sleep. Just for a little bit…Sherri was showered and sitting at the computer when my eyes fluttered open. I cleared the sleep out of my eyes and noticed it was 6:15. I got up at that point and got dressed. We went down stairs to have some coffee and then I walked Sherri out to the truck. She was off in a flash and I went back to the room for my shower.

This day was not going to have a tour of down town. I was going to walk over to Sam’s Town and have breakfast but then decided not to. Sherri probably would not work a full day today. She only works 32 hours a week and her travel time is included in that time so she does not have many hours left to work. I figured she would get off about 12:00 and sure enough she did. She called me and told me she was on her way back so I am glad I did not eat.

We decided to go to Sam’s Town to eat lunch. Sherri got ready and we headed on over there. We made it to the parking lot and had our usual discussion on where to park the truck. Sherri has her preferences on where to park and I don’t care but somehow I don’t park in the right space? Oh well she finally got me settled into the appropriate parking space and we were off to the buffet line.

They have a pretty good buffet at Sam’s but not the best. The food was hot and I tried everything. I know I should not do that but I do every time and end up with a stomach ache. When will I ever learn to just get one item and stick with that. Mixing Mexican Asian Italian and Southern cooking does not set well with my lower unit. Make a note…stay away from buffets.

We finished up our lunch and then stepped into the casino for some wagering. Penny slots were scarce but I found one that would pay off. One line penny slots are becoming a thing of the past. Everyone that I found wanted you to spend 5 pennies at a time. GEE do I look like Bill Gates? I have a budget that I have to stay in. $5.00 a week is it folks….and so far I am doing real good….I am $2.00 ahead. At this rate I will have some diesel money to go home on.

After playing for a while my mixed cuisine started to talk to me in a very loud voice. I told Sherri that we might need to go back to the hotel for a while. I don’t know if it was the Italian or the Mexican but I was not feeling to well…it could have been the Asian…no matter what I needed to take my leave.

The murals on these buildings here are unbelievable. This one is a few blocks over from the hotel and this is about the best shot you can get….unless I wanted to get on the roof of the building across from it. Better just be satisfied with this picture.

We went back to the room and I laid down for a short nap while Sherri Bejeweled. She said I slept for some time but I really did not sleep I just laid there and prayed that my stomach would not explode and set off any alarms!

About 7:00 believe it or not we were ready to go back and eat dinner….I know….What are you thinking Speedy…Eating again! Well it was 6 hours since I ate last and I did feel much better. Let me see what should we eat. OK Mexican it is. We headed over to Posadas with the intention of getting some take out. When we got there we decided to just stay there and eat. This way we could get some chips and hot sauce and then a to-go box for the rest of the meal….which is exactly what we did. Now we have lunch for tomorrow and we can save our meal ticket for tomorrow night.

When we returned to the hotel we jumped on the computers…Sherri read some journals and played Bejeweled…I got on chat and ended up closing out that session with JB and Mac.  Then it was time to hit the sack. Sherri has to work again Wednesday and Thursday but not full days…so we will have time to have some more adventures of eating and gambling…

Somewhere in Time  

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