We left Frenchman's Wilderness Campground & RV Park at Henderson Louisiana at 8:45 (ET). I-10 was not as rough as we left it yesterday to begin with, but it got rough again around Baton Rouge Louisiana.
We left I-10 at Baton Rouge and got on US 61. To start with it reminded us of US 82 back home. Then we ran into a big strip of construction where the speed limit went from 45 mph to 35 mph at times.
The scenery started to look a lot like home. There were green pastures with cattle. Magnolia and live oak trees dotted the sides of the roads. There were fields of wheat. Plantations were everywhere it seemed.
We arrived at Grand Gulf Military Park Campground near Port Gibson Mississippi at 1:00 pm (ET). The roads are paved and the trailer is on a cement pad. There is lots of shade in our site... site #16. It is a back-in. Cost for each night is $17.50.
The Mississippi River is a bit above flood level, but no threat to us... so the host says. She said if it floods where we are Louisiana will be totally under water. With our luck... should we believe her? ;-))
The bath house has only one shower and it is handicap accessible.. which makes it not much more room than the shower in the trailer. The bath house is also up a hill... how my knees scream coming down the steps.
We did tour a few things after we got here and will tour them again with the cameras one morning. At the time we needed to walk a bit... we only made one stop at Natchez Mississippi to stretch our legs. Did I mention it is hot and humid here? Yes... Zaroga's hair is back to frizzy :-((
There have been afternoon showers and lots of thunder in the distance. Most of the bad weather seems to be on the Louisiana side of the Mississippi River.
We have no cell phone or internet access. There is no tv reception. There are lots of trees and hill so it doesn't look like we will have satellite reception either.
We bought a dvd player at the last WalMart. Frank set it up and it worked. We watched a Harry Potter movie and later Jack Benny. We bought the Jack Benny dvd on our 2008 trip, but only got to watch part of it because the dvds were bad... we exchanged it when we got home. It is a 4 dvd pack... and it will take a while to watch.
We traveled 179 miles today.
Showing posts with label Henderson Louisiana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Henderson Louisiana. Show all posts
26 May, 2010
Wednesday 19 May 2010
Our breakfast this morning was a waffle shaped liked the state of Texas... a complimentary breakfast from the park. We left Gulf Coast RV Park, Beaumont, Texas at 8:45 am (ET). A couple of hours later we were hungry... the waffles didn't last. We stopped at a truck plaza/center and walked around and there was a Hardee's inside so we got sausage biscuits to go.
We bought gas in Duson Louisiana at $2.88 a gallon. A short distance down the road it became a rough ride. We'll probably be sore from it. In the trailer it the sofa bounced a bit and slid forward and the cushions were all topsy-turvy. The cabinets stayed shut... so Frank has for sure fixed that problem :-))
We arrived at Frenchman's Wilderness Campground & RV Park at Henderson Louisiana at noon. Our cost with Good Sam is $28.50 for the night... they overcharged us $2 and Frank caught it and got the refund. They charge $2 for the cement slab out by the trailer. Now isn't that ridiculous? We are in site #38. The campground is shady and the grounds well kept... a really nice looking campground. The roads and sites are gravel.
I checked the bath house out and Frank asked me how it was. I said compared to Castroville Regional Park the bath house is an A+, but compared to Gulf Coast RV Park it is a C or maybe a D :-)) The bath house is clean here, just old looking.
We saw a lot of bayous, rice fields and crawdad ponds today. The clouds have rolled in and out all day. We got a sprinkle of rain after lunch... which was barbecue sandwiches, corn, tomatoes and green beans.
The sun came out and it is typical South... warm and humid. We went for a walk around 7 pm (CT). We probably walked close to a mile around the perimeter of the park. There are a lot of permanent residents. On our walk we saw a snake... we don't know what kind, but it looked like some type of water snake.
Frank set the satellite dish up and we watched In Plain Sight on the USA network and then went to bed.
We traveled 160 miles today.
We bought gas in Duson Louisiana at $2.88 a gallon. A short distance down the road it became a rough ride. We'll probably be sore from it. In the trailer it the sofa bounced a bit and slid forward and the cushions were all topsy-turvy. The cabinets stayed shut... so Frank has for sure fixed that problem :-))
We arrived at Frenchman's Wilderness Campground & RV Park at Henderson Louisiana at noon. Our cost with Good Sam is $28.50 for the night... they overcharged us $2 and Frank caught it and got the refund. They charge $2 for the cement slab out by the trailer. Now isn't that ridiculous? We are in site #38. The campground is shady and the grounds well kept... a really nice looking campground. The roads and sites are gravel.
I checked the bath house out and Frank asked me how it was. I said compared to Castroville Regional Park the bath house is an A+, but compared to Gulf Coast RV Park it is a C or maybe a D :-)) The bath house is clean here, just old looking.
We saw a lot of bayous, rice fields and crawdad ponds today. The clouds have rolled in and out all day. We got a sprinkle of rain after lunch... which was barbecue sandwiches, corn, tomatoes and green beans.
The sun came out and it is typical South... warm and humid. We went for a walk around 7 pm (CT). We probably walked close to a mile around the perimeter of the park. There are a lot of permanent residents. On our walk we saw a snake... we don't know what kind, but it looked like some type of water snake.
Frank set the satellite dish up and we watched In Plain Sight on the USA network and then went to bed.
We traveled 160 miles today.
