Early, early, Thursday morning, 20OCT, we hit the roads south
& east to Louisiana. We awoke to
heavy, heavy rains, & decided to delay departure until it was daylight. While
waiting Dan learned the interstates south thru Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma, etc,
were a mess due to the rain. So Dan
charted a course using state highways; end result was more miles driven, but
major time saved. Our driving was on
& off heavy rain squalls thru Washington & half way into Oregon. We overnighted at Hi-way Haven RV in Sutherlin,
OR, where we have stayed twice three times in the past? We still haven’t seen a movie on their
drive-in screen.
Friday we hit I-5 south a little later than planned. As Dan was disconnecting our RV, the neighbor
RV’er gave him a container of pea soup.
Turns out they had made a big pot the night before & didn’t want to
waste it. Our drive was thru light rain
off & on, thru southern Oregon & northern California; until we got
south of Mount Shasta.
Our intention was to drive south of Sacramento to find a RV park,
but at Woodland, CA, we hit major traffic jam & decide to go to Yolo County
Fairgrounds RV (see below BLOG). Due to the
lateness of the hour & being tired, we didn’t call Dan’s friends, the
Alberts, to let them know how close we were.
Dinner was grilled cheese & excellent pea soup.
Saturday it was back on I-5 south. After surviving the infamous Grapevine, we
got on CA-138 to bypass the Los Angeles area freeways; spending the night at a
very nice fairground RV facility outside of Lancaster, CA.
In Casa Grande, AZ, we overnighted at the Escapees (a RV club we
belong to) SKP park; where we stayed back in 02DEC2015. We were not impressed w/their restaurant list
(mostly chains & generic restaurants), so Dan found the highly rated Sho-Ga
Japanese restaurant on the internet (very good).
Monday, 24OCT, we continued on I-10 to Deming, NM, & another
Escapees SKP park (last there 18NOV2010).
Tuesday (Corrie’s B-day) another boring drive on I-10E (taking the Trans
Mountain Loop around El Paso, TX). We spent
the night at Ft Stockton RV (last there 11MAR2014). Where they still have very simple & cheap
dinners at their Road Runner Café.
Wednesday continued on to Easy Does It RV in Kerrville, TX, to
visit Dan’s sister Sharon & husband Tim (last visited 01MAR2016). They joined us at the RV, & then dinner
at Billy Jeans. Thursday was just a day
of relaxation; then an excellent dinner & evening of reminiscing at Tim
& Sharon’s.
Saturday we finally finished our drive into Houma, LA, around
lunch time. Our son in-law, Raymond,
made pizza & our son, Joe, came over for dinner. Sunday Dan & Rebecca took grandsons,
Jaxson & Mason, to the skateboard park.
Jaxson did pretty good on his scooter; Mason was not interested. For dinner daughter, Rebecca, made pulled
pork & Joe again joined us for supper (before he heads offshore for two
weeks). Note - for the month of October,
Louisiana has had 27 days of mid 80s to low 90s an; unprecedented streak.
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