Well....We decided to move up our departure date so that we could make a quick trip up to Indiana to help daughter Cathy move from one apartment to another. We probably would not normally do that but since she will be student teaching this fall and we will be helping her, we decided it might be a good idea. Anyways we left Willis, Texas on July 1 and stayed one night in a new campground in Simsboro, LA. The campground is actually pretty nice with spacious level sites and built on a hilly terrain. If it had been cooler, we would have enjoyed sitting outside on the deck to watch the ducks on the pond.
From Simsboro we made another overnight stop at Natchez Trace RV Park just south of Tupelo, MS. We somewhat retraced our drive from last fall by going through the area that had been devastated by tornadoes in April, 2011. It is amazing how much regrowth has occurred in just over a year. Here are pictures from last year and the same area now. There is still a long way to go and it will take years for it to be completely reforested.
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| October 2011 |
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| July 2012 |
When we arrived at Natchez Trace RV Park, the trailer wheel on one side had a terrible squeal. We thought it might be the brakes or an axle so we made an appointment for the next morning at an RV dealer in the area. It turned out there were two problems--one had to do with a part of one of the brakes that had come loose (probably due to some of the rough roads in Louisiana). They were able to fix that problem. The other one (the squeal) apparently is due to the drums being egg-shaped. This is a problem but not one of an emergency nature.
We were finally back on the road by ten or so and headed north from Tupelo. Our original plan was to follow the Natchez Trace Parkway all the way to the end but with the delay and not wanting to have problems on the Trace, we went north to I-40 and then across to I-65. We arrived at Diamond Caverns RV Resort in Park City, KY at 5:30 for another one-night stop.
The next morning we got on the road and were continuing north towards Louisville when a car passed us and pointed up towards our roof. We had inadvertently left our satellite up and had not visually checked it. The power had gone out on our camper because of the hot weather and when that happens the satellite control turns off. To put it down, we have to turn it on and have the satellite dish go through the motions of being put up before we can stow it. Fortunately we have a generator and we were able to pull off the road and stow the dish. Never a dull moment!!
We finally arrived at Charlestown State Park in the early afternoon and had an opportunity to relax for a day before Cathy's move. Of course, it had to be the hottest days of all time but we managed to get her moved on Friday evening. That allowed us to relax on Saturday and enjoy lunch at Texas Roadhouse with son John.
We pulled out of Charlestown early Sunday morning to beat the hot temps as well as the storms that were forecast and arrived back at Diamond Caverns by 10 am. Now we can really relax!! The storms did come through last night but not too severe. I heard that this was the first rain for the area in six weeks. The park has been emptying out this morning--I guess people were here for the week of the fourth and are headed home. We will be here until July 15 when we leave the camper in storage and head to Alabama to spend a week in a cottage with Cathy.
Ah the joys of EASY LIVING!!!
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