I was up early this morning, working on the blog, then trying to get some things done in preparation for our move. I decided having bacon or ham and eggs every morning was too dull for me. I need to be able to change it up a bit, so this morning I had yogurt (greek 0% is what I prefer, but I had to get 2% yesterday), grapes, a little granola, flax seed, and sliced almonds. Yummm!
I called Larry and Sandi to let them know we were going to stop to tell them goodbye as we leave the park. After hugs and letting them know we'd see them at one of their sibling second Tuesday evening dinners later this year, we made one last stop to drop off our trash. We pulled out of the park at 9:39, making our way to Kinder, LA.
I tried working on the blog some, but finally had to give it up. The roads were just too rough. I was spending too much time fixing errors as my fingers hit the wrong keys at each bump. We traveled 216 miles today and it seemed like it drug on forever. We experienced light rain on and off most of the day. It was 47 and cloudy, foggy with a light rain when we left Westlake RV Resort and it was 73, quite warm, sultry and cloudy with a light rain when we arrived in Kinder.
The drive around Houston when we left was long and tedious, slow down and speed up, over and over again.
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| Traffic, traffic....when will we get out of this traffic! |
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| There was a police motorcycle group leading and following these two over-sized buildings on the frontage road. |
As we entered Kinder we crossed Lake Charles:
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| Approaching bridge |
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| Lake Charles |
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| I thought the bridge railing was pretty interesting. |
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| Beautiful park area along Lake Charles |
We are staying at Coushatta Red Shoe RV Park, part of the Coushatta Casino. At $19 a night it was a no-brainer to stop here. It is a very nice RV Park, all pull through sites with full hookups, cable and they will pick you up at your site and transport you to the casino at a nicely covered walkway for free. Since we plan to eat dinner there tonight, it is a real perk, since it continued to rain off and on all day and into the evening. It was apparent when we arrived here at the park, they had some significant rain as water was standing everywhere.
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| RV Park Office |
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| Small pond near the campground. |
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| There are many park models available for rent on the grounds of the casino/rv park. |
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| Close up of the park model. |
Once we were set up, I put a load of towels in the washer right away while we set up inside. When we finished setting up, we drove in to Kinder. I wanted to get some hamburger and frozen chicken tenders to use for meals over the next week or so. Kinder has a really nice grocery store, Market Basket, that was very well stocked.
After making our purchases we headed back to the park. I put in another load of clothes, jeans this time. The weather has been bouncing back and forth from cool to hot since we've been in the south, so I want to be prepared for whatever weather we face. The jeans I had on today were my last pair of everyday jeans and after tracking through water/mud while setting up today, they could not be worn again without a wash. Once the machine had quit, I laid the jeans out on the island and we called the shuttle bus to pick us up at our site. I'll dry both loads after we return.
The shuttle arrived pretty quick. It was still raining, so we were thankful it was available. There were two other couples already on board and they all gave us a hearty hello. RVer's are like this - it's like we are all neighbors. We struck up a conversation with the man in front of us. Soon we stopped and a lady boarded. Between the two of them they had quite the discussion on the amount of snow and ice they have had in Wisconsin and Minnesota this year (where they were from). The number of inches they've received this year were astounding compared to what we are used to in Southeast Kansas. I enjoy hearing first hand information like this from people who experience different things than we do.
It wasn't long and we pulled up to the casino. We walked the entire perimeter of the casino looking at the different restaurants before we found the buffet. Most of what I chose was good but I have to admit it wasn't as good as Downstream in Joplin. I did pretty good sticking to my diet and focused mostly on meats, vegetables and fruit. I did eat a small piece of cheesecake and got a smidgen of bread pudding, just to taste it since it was so different from what we typically see. Dean and I both had two small bites of it. I love red beans and rice, and I took a little of it - even though rice is not on my diet. It was such a small amount though I doubt it will have a big impact. It was very good. At the meat counter I asked for a half slice of brisket - it was wonderful. After our meal, we took the shuttle back to Bentley. I have no desire to gamble. I've never had any luck at it and there are too many other things I prefer to spend my money on, plus I had things I needed to do back at the RV.
Once back I partially dried both loads, then hung them in the shower to finish drying overnight. I put the fan and small heater on the floor below them to direct warm air on them to be sure they would be dry in the morning. The temperatures are supposed to drop to 50 overnight, so this will help provide a little heat for us as well.
I worked on the blog post while waiting for the clothes to dry, for the time we were in Aransas Pass and managed to post it, but my eyes would not stay open to finish our stay in Katy and our travels today.
Tomorrow we meet up with our Escapee friends for our travels along the southern and eastern coast during March. We are looking foward to seeing all of them again and the adventures we will share together.
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