11-29-10 Still at Abbeyville.La

IT'S ALWAYS NICE WHEN WE SPEND A FEW DAYS AT AT CAMPGROUND..WE'VE PACKED UP AND TRAVELED AROUND THE AREA AND FOUND A NICE LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD PUB JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE CAMP...HAD A BIT OF RAIN THIS AM BUT NOTHING ANNOYING..HIT WALMARTS THIS AFTERNOON AND RESTOCKED THE FRIDGE AND THEN STOPPED INTO THE LOCAL PUB FOR HAPPY HOUR...WHEN WE GOT BACK WE MADE UP SOME KICKASS CHILI AND ATE AND SUCKED BEERS FOR OUR OWN PERSONAL HAPPY HOUR...WE'VE BOTH USED THE CG SHOWER FACILITIES AND THEY WERE EXCELLENT..BEEN RESEARCHING OUR NEXT MOVE VIA INTERNET AND ARE PLANNING ON SOME TOURS IN AN AREA CALLED THE CREOLE TRAIL JUST SOUTH OF ST CHARLES ...EVEN THE LOCALS HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT...WILL PROBABLY STAY AT THE NEXT CG FOR AWHILE SO OUR MAIL CAN CATCH UP WITH US...WE HOPE EVERYONE IS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND REMEMBER...FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY....Charlie & Heather

11-27-10 Abbeyville, La

Now we're at Ace RV Park in Abbeyville, LA..a cute little piece of info we gathered while researching this area is that the old classic " THE BLOB " was filmed here..we'll be here til the 1st..got a Pub within walking distance that we'll have to check out..just a little RV park with a 'down home' feel to it..$8/nite with our passport america discount..our site has full hookups ( FHU) and a nice patio..got rather cool last nite but during the day it was a comfortable 70...we both got a craving for pizza so we bought a couple at Walmarts and cooked in...yummee...don't ya just hate the early darkness in the winter? It's nice that the sun is up at 6 AM but it's yuk having it dark at dinnertime..please give me back my summer..LOL...the closer we get to Texas the more excited we get..should get there sometime in the next week or so..we've got 1 more stop to make before Texas in/near St Charles, La where we'll do a road tour of the Creole Nature Trail...it's in the SW corner of Louisiana and is supposed to be quite interesting..it may even take a few days of our time..We hope everyone is enjoying life like we are..REMEMBER..LIVE YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY......Charlie&Heather

Mon 11-22-10 Gibson, LA Seth's Haven RV Park

We've been here for 2 days and it's movin" time in the AM..It's funny how one's mind works when relaxed and just daydreaming..take today for example...before we left home this year we updated our bathroom, new floor, new toilet...and now, in the motorhome, we put in a new toilet last week..( the year of the toilets ??) I started to giggle when I considered that now we have 2 warranties on 2 new toilets...is that affluence or is is efluents ???  LOL  only in America..I feel like a lucky immigrant....this was a different kinda RV Park, they have an outdoor sunroom, kitchen, sitting room...washers and dryers too...so we were able to do our laundry, watch tv, and have a few drinks, all in the comfort of 1 room..the gal that owns this park, Bonnie, gave us a couple of containers of fresh shrimp, which I'm sure we'll eat soon...Heading to Cypress Bayou Casino, near Charenton LA,  about a hour away , and will stay there thru Thanksgiving...yummee buffet for turkey day and only $10/day for the RV Park with FHU's...oh yeah, free drinks in the casino too !!..Of course we'd never take advantage of that !!(grin..grin :)  ) I hope everyone's plans for the holiday includes someone you love and " HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL...REMEMBER...LIVE YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY......Charlie &Heather

Sat Nov 20th 2010 Last nite at Grand Island, La

Wow,  it's hard to believe that a week has gone bye already..Grand Island State Park has a nice layout and will be a lot better once the beach reopens..kinda strange, a mile or so away the beach is open but they're still cleaning up this beach..  We took a few walks out the pier and watched a pod of dolphins, there must have been 20 of them and it's interesting watching their antics. We managed to get some bike rideing in almost every day.  Tomorrow AM we're outa here and on the way to Gibson, La...to a park called Seth's Haven RV Park. Supposed to be 80 DEG's tomorrow and staying warm for most of the week..(AWWW!!!) Cooked on the grill most of the week...starting to get in the mood for a buffet somewhere, maybe Thanksgiving ???  Hope everyone is happy and healthy and REMEMBER, LIVE YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY..Charlie& Heather

11-15-10 Grand Isle, Louisiana State Park

Did we tell you that we saw a lot of Dolphins as we drove out here ? Some of the bridges were amazing. They were so long and complex and new they were unbelieveable..
Didn't get a lot of sleep last nite due to stormy weather, we had the awning out and the wind was terrible, so much that we considered going out in the rain and rolling it up. NOT !! It held up ok  but it kept us awake quite awhile..The rain was on and off all day but considering it's the first heavy rain we've had in a month and a half, and the sun poked out for awhile this afternoon for an hour or so, I guess we shouldn't complain..We can hear the surf from the Gulf of Mexico, just a few hundred feet away and it's kinda peaceful. We took a walk just before sunset and were held in awe by the raw power of the ocean. The sky was cloudy and angry but in all it was beautiful. This evening we rolled the awning up because the forecast is for a repeat performance tonight. Tomorrow it's supposed to go clear and sunny and 74DEG, we'll take that !! Took some movies of the Park ,and if I get off my butt, I should get them posted soon. Looking forward to the week and we'll get some touring in of this town.. You should google Grand Isle, Louisiana to see just how far we are into the Gulf of Mexico. We can see many oil rigs out in the ocean and they really are a long ways out. The town has a very large oil and gas refinery that's as big as the town, if not bigger. We've met a few camper people, and as usual, they're happy people. If the weather gets decent ,we'll have to encourage a 5 o'clock somewhere get together. :)  Our phones have finally quieted down, as they did last year, and the kids are okay so we know everyone has gotten used to us being gone..that doesn't mean we don't miss y'all but it's the rhythm. if you're following the blog it'd be nice if you click on "follower" so we'll know someone is reading it even though we know some of you get this via e mail ....we enjoy your e mail too (HINT HINT) [ cmhl09@passportamerica.com ], hopefully you will fill us in on what's up in your neighborhood. We should post a new blog every few days as our internet connection here is great. I managed to find something to do during the storms this AM, our toilet water valve was leaking ( 28 years old) which fills the holding tank way too fast and the repair kit cost was almost as much as a new toilet, sooo..long story short, it took a half hour to update a stupid problem, and now we have a new "high rise" geezer commode..
we miss all our friends..REMEMBER..FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS, AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY..Charlie & Heather

Grand Isle Louisiana State Park 11-14-10

Pulled into Grand Isle about 3PM..Weather is staying nice but there's rain in the forcast for the next 2 days.
We're about as far South in LA as one can go, way out in the Gulf of Mexico. It was quite a ride down here and we had water on both sides of the road for a lot of it. Saw some gators and a lot of birds. The canals enroute had some very big shrimp boats and other fishing boats. Very pretty area. We signed up for a week here so we'll have plenty of time to explore the area. There's a butterfly conservatory to see and many waterfront attractions and we both want to eat some real Cajun food..The beach at this park is closed to the public due to the oil spill but a few miles up the road it's open..the reports in the local news say the beaches are okay to use so I suppose this State Park is a typical government operation which will catch up in a few weeks or months. We managed to get a bike ride in already just to get our bearings around the park..very neatly laid out and clean..not too many campers though due to everyone trying to avoid any oil..we took a look at the beach and it seemed clean, no smell of oil..we saw about 4 dozen guys on the beach for "cleanup" but all they seemed to be doing is just standing around..Another fact we picked up on while talking to some locals is that tarballs have been washing ashore as long as they've been drilling in the Gulf, in other words, it isn't anything new..Usually we don't 'set up' outside like we did today..if we're only staying 1 or 2 days we take it easy. This time we basically set up a 'living room' outside under the awning as we'll be spending a lot of time out there. It's good to sit in one spot for awhile..See ya next blog and REMEMBER--LIVE YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY..Charlie&Heather

Thurs 11-11-10 Bay St Louis, MS

12:25AM...What the hell are we up at this hour for.....WINNING $$$$...We're at the Hollywood Casino in Bay St Louis Mississippi and we just got back to the motorhome from the casino floor..Heather had all the luck tonite aand walked away with a real nice chunk of change.... me???no such luck today...But we were smart today and kept away from the buffet and only ate a small lunch...I don't think we could have survived another buffet...( and thay even had the senior discount again today) The casino is a lot less busy than it was last year and the workers say it has a lot to do with "the oil spill" affecting the tourist trade..people just aren't coming to this area due to worrying about it...we've seen a lot of crews working the beach area cleaning oil but we haven't seen any major messes of oil...the seafood industry here is in almost full production...I saw on the news that the seafood has been given a clean report by the gov. but I suppose it'll take awhile to regain confidence in all of this..The weather here has been in the 70's daytime and 50 at nite so it's warmer than last year..we'll be here for a couple days and the head into Louisiana...remember FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY...LOVE Y'ALL  Heather&Charlie

See The USA 11-9-10

Wow..I can't believe it's Tuesday already..Last Sunday we went cruising around Biloxi MS and stopped in at the Boom Town Casino, ate lunch at the buffet and as usual ate wayyyy too much..great seafood and almost anything you can imagine...afterwards we hit the casino floor and I donated to the Indians but Heather made up for it at the blackjack table...what a great afternoon...Mon & Tues we just hung out at the RV park, fished a bit, rode bikes and hiked. ( gotta work off the buffets  :)  )..
We'll be here one more day then we move over to Bay St Louis MS...going to stay at the casino CG and catch up on domestics and gamble for a few days..I've been looking at Louisiana for our future move and Grand Isle State Park  is looking interesting...who knows ???  Our cats, Hooter & Melody,are so used to us moving that it doesn't even bother them anymore when we fire it up to move out.  We've met a lot of great people in this camp. It's one of the things we really enjoy about all this travelling..Sat around another nice bonfire tonite with some folks from Ohio and Wyoming and swapped tales of places we've been and are going to and funny things that only campers find hilarious...I hope y'all are enjoyin' life and remember LIVE YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY...Charlie & Heather

Long Beach Ms 11-06-10

It's a sunny and beautiful Sat 'morning..a bit cool last night but great for sleeping, didn't blink an eye 'til after 8AM..We went exploring the area yesterday afternoon, checked out Gulfport. It's a small city and not much happening except a great beach area and the oceansine road, Hwy 90, has some local artist's great carvings on the boulevard carved out of the trees that were destroyed by hurricanes. They're really quite large and are depictions of whales, dolphins and pelicans. Quite an accomplishment and very eyecatching. Then we cruised back West to Bay St Louis and stopped at the Hollywood Casino and ate lunch at their buffet. YUMMEEE!! I even get the SENIOR discount and the total bill with drinks et all was $16..of course we couldn't leave without testing our luck on the gambling floor :) Walked outa there with +$300 !!! We really like that place, it's where we had such good luck last year..gonna stopover there next Wed and stay in their CG & use thier money to pay for it :)..We built up some comps too so we'll get a discount too. We are gonna fish in this parks lake today and see if we can't have some bass for dinner. When we got back last nite we saw that someone had been bonfireing during the day and the coals were still hot so I wandered over and they have a big pile of firewood so I started loading up the firepit and before you could say Alakazam there was a Hooter Brown Bonfire going. attracked another camper's attention and "Mike" joined us. He's from Wyoming and a newbee. As luck would have it he's just been thru New Mexico & Texas and filled us in on some good Camps they found on their travels so we swapped stories and enjoyed the warmth of the fire..Sure makes the libations taste good !! We'll probably drive over to Biloxi tomorrow or Mon and hit the Hard Rock Casino... Biloxi has several casinos, some with campgrounds so who knows how long we'll be in that area, probably has a lot to do with how much of their $$ we can round up. Hope everyone is ok and remember FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS AS TIME GOES BY QUICKLY.......CHARLIE &  HEATHER

Long Beach Mississippi 10-04-10

We finally moved from Hattiesburg Ms to Long Beach Ms, about 1 1/2 hrs south near the gulf..
We're now at Magic River Campground ( named so because the river here magically floods the camp after heavy rains)..isn't that special !!! It's the 1st Passportamerica campground and is owned by the guy that started PA...it's really beautiful and has a couple of really good sized ponds for fishing...the weather report doesn't sound too promising, down in the lo 40's at nite and only 65 in the daytime...we were going to go to the Hollywood Casino CG but they jacked their rates up to $35 per nite from $20 last year and we found this CG for $12 and we're only a 10min drive West to the Casino and have another Casino 10mins East.. We'll probably go explore the area in the AM and orient ourselves to the area as we usually do when we hit a new area..we stocked up enroute today and cheated by eating a fast food lunch (YUK)..we've watched the news and see some ares up north are gettin snow ( another YUK)..had a great time at our last CG, Okatoma, and are hopeing this one will be as enjoyable...guess we'll get the fishing gear out tomorrow and try our luck late afternoon..