Louisiana and Alabama

We were a day late leaving McKinney, TX so that kinda through our "schedule" behind. Friday night we spent in Shreveport and on Saturday we drove into New Iberia, LA.

We were both excited about seeing Tim and Cheryl. Tim is Dean's youngest son (and also my son by marriage). I called as soon as we were set up and Tim said that Cheryl had a spaghetti dinner waiting for us, to come on over. Wow, that was a nice surprise as we were both hungry since we had very little for breakfast that morning and no lunch.

After the wonderful dinner followed by coconut cake, which was yummy, Tim and Cheryl followed us back to the motorhome as I had some computer work for him. My Linksys wireless had quit. Well, not actually quit, but it wasn't secure anymore and was not set for my system name. I knew Tim could fix it and he did. A big, big thanks with hugs for him!

Sunday we decided to go to the local casino for dinner and a little playing. Dinner was good, especially the crab and corn bisque soup. As for the playing - Cheryl sat down at a 25 cent machine when we came out of the restaurant and hit over $200.00 almost immediately. Well, we figured this was going to be a good day - NOT! She was the only one with luck that Sunday, at least as far as the casino was concerned.

Cheryl and I decided to go to bingo that evening and though we had a good time, neither of us won. I just love going to bingo with her, not because I think I'm going to win, but most all of her friends speak with the "Cajun" accent and I just love listening to them talk. There is one phrase that is used often "oh shey" (not sure of the spelling). Well, when I hear it, I think that they are saying Oh Sh*t! I ask Cheryl what they said and she smiles her beautiful smile and says oh shey. I think it means OK or something similar.

We had planned on stopping to see Terry and Theresa in Port Allen, LA. Terry is Dean's oldest son. Because of being a day behind, we had to scrub that idea since we went through there on Monday and he was working. Sorry Terry, but we will catch up with you before we get back on the road.

We had also planned on stopping to see our granddaughter, Amber and her new baby. She and her family live in Covington, LA. Here again, it was a work day so no could do. We will be making the drive over one day before the holidays as it's not but a couple of hour drive from S. Alabama.

Our stop Monday night was in Gulfport, MS at Dean's youngest daughters. Krystal and Ed (her hubby) had just bought a new house and we were anxious to see it. We parked the motorhome on the street in front of her house and spent the night there. Their house is beautiful! It's in a rather new sub-division north of I-10 in Gulfport. Three bedrooms, two baths, formal dining room, great room, nice kitchen and a enclosed patio with a large yard. Oops, I forgot the 2 car garage. I would post a picture here, but would you believe I forgot to take pictures. Guess my mind is slipping. We are soooo excited for them as this is their first house and their excitement flows to anyone who enters. Krystal is having a lot of fun decorating.

Krystal's mom, Sandy and her hubby, Dick are living with Krystal and it was good seeing them again. It's so funny because our daughters - Krystal and Suze - just can't get over that the four of us are friends. I guess sometimes I can't either because it hasn't always been that way, but we are and the past is behind us. You just never know, do you?

Tuesday morning we left Gulfport heading to Rainbow Plantation for a couple of nights. There were a few things that I needed to do in the area before heading to Montgomery. We will be in the Montgomery area about a week, getting tags for the motorhome, visiting my daughter & son and most important, my granddaughter Morgan and hopefully finding someone to cut my hair. We will head back south after our visit to get the doctor stuff out of the way and to attempt to finalize, as best I can, my father's estate.

Once we get the go from the doctors, our plans are to head for South Texas for the winter.

Not sure when I'll be posting again, so until then - Take care and Be Safe.....