I woke up at 4:11am and I was wide awake. I tried to close my eyes, but it wasn't happening. I was ready to get up. I turned on the coffeepot and did my morning exercises. I have been lax the past few days so it's time to get back in to a routine again. The coffee was done and I set down to write two blogs, one for March 26 & 27, and one for yesterday. I worked on them until about 7:10am. It really feels good to be caught up again.
A short time later, Dean asked me if I wanted to walk this morning. Since I'm caught up with the blog, and we haven't walked in several days now, I immediately said of course. We walked the entire perimeter of the RV park section, around a section where park model rentals were located, up to the office, pool area, then over to the large team roping stadium and parking area, and finally once more around the RV park section to reach our 2 miles. It felt good to get the walk in.
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| RV Park - area near us |
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| Bentley - non door side |
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| Our site |
Back at Bentley we ate breakfast, showered, and then started packing things up. It was 10:50am when we finally pulled out of our RV site and headed toward Vidalia, LA.
There wasn't much to see on the way to Vidalia. I took a few random pictures. Fortunately we only had to be on an Interstate for a short while, so it was mostly US and state roads. They are usually much more interesting - and there were a few neat things I could have taken a picture of - if I could have got to the camera on my phone quick enough. I hate when that happens.
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| Glenmora, LA Water Tower |
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| Forest Hill Water Tower |
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| Our first sighting of a redbud tree this year! |
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| Loved this water tower for Pineville, LA |
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| Beautiful pine trees |
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| They have had lots of rain here in the past few days. |
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| Beautiful GREEN grass! |
Once we arrived in Vidalia, we saw signs for River View RV Park at the east and west ends of town, but we followed Bobbie, our GPS. She did not let us down and we drove right to it. As you may have heard on the news the Mississippi River is experiencing flooding. They had some heavy rains in the area that have caused some local flooding, however, the river itself is raising from upstream thawing of snow and ice but it is not expected to reach high flood stage until later in the month. The city is monitoring it as well as the folks here in the park. We are at a high point in the park - even though we have front row parking to the Mississippi and the MANY barges that pass through on a regular basis. I couldn't begin to tell you how many we watched either going up or down the river after we arrived yesterday afternoon. It was almost constant. The ones going down passed by quickly - those going upstream were a little slower going against the strong current. It was fun to watch. I failed to get any pictures last night as we were too busy visiting with the Escapees here in the park.
What are Escapees you ask? Well, it's not the kind you might think of - the only thing we have escaped to is our RV's and traveling the country. We belong to an National group called Escapees, plus we also belong to a local group (KS, OK, MO & part of AR). We have 5 rigs here for four days to visit the area and enjoy spending time with each other. The group consists of our Chapter President (Alvin & Linda), their son and daughter-in-law (Mel & Rhonda), our Vice-President (Keith & Drena), one of our newest members (Cindy) and Dean and I.
When we arrived we checked in at the office. The ladies working there were fun loving which is always a treat. As we left, we met Cindy walking and visited for a short while before we moved on to our site and set up. The VERY front row in the park (a much shorter row than ours and only located at the south end of the park) is under water. Where we are all located, provides us with a front row view of the river, at a higher level, even though we are technically the second row. It is great. Keith did a good job of securing our sites last fall.
From the time we arrived, Dean and I were visiting with Keith & Drena. Once we were setup and I had done the minimal stuff inside - open the slides, turn the chairs around, and put the things that must be stored while we travel, where they needed to be; I was outside to visit. Drena invited me in to see their new chairs which were lovely and comfortable. We visited for awhile before going back out to join the guys. A couple of hours later Alvin & Mel rolled in to claim their spots.
As Mel and Rhonda were readying to setup they noticed they had a back tire that was almost flat. We were all thankful they made it here without having an issue on the road. Once they were set up with what was necessary, he removed it and took it to town to have it repaired. There were two small nails in it.
The rest of us set outside and visited until almost 6, when we all returned to our rigs for dinner and some rest. I made some chili which really hit the spot as it is quite cool here. It was 55 here when we arrived but the temperatures had dropped lower by the time we went inside - we were all getting cold by then.
After dinner and dishes done, I did another load of laundry, worked on the blog until I felt like I was going to fall asleep. It was still early, so I asked Dean if he wanted to take a walk along the river (there is a wide and nicely paved walkway along the river in both directions), and he agreed. Even though it was pretty cold, as long as we were moving it wasn't too bad. I tried to take a picture of the bridge and Natchez, MS just across the river. It wasn't as good as I hoped but I'm going to share it anyway. Tonight I'll try to remember to use my camera and see if I can't get a better picture to share, as well as some pictures during the day of the barges, the bridge and the park.
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