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Heading North

POINTS NORTH

Points North (click to enlarge map)

Up until yesterday we’ve been traveling east along the Gulf of Mexico. Just let me say that we would travel that route again as camping along the Gulf has been great . . . the cleanest, longest beaches we’ve seen.

Anyway, we’ll probably get an early start on Friday as the weather in Tanner, AL looks to be stormy.

The Weather in Tanner

CAMPGROUND WIFI

People usually don’t have anything good to say about the WiFi available in campgrounds because more often than not campground WiFi sucks . . . it’s often very weak and/or overloaded.

Today that’s not the case. We have a strong signal and a fast connection (about 7 to 11 Mbps). It could be the time of day or a host of other factors, but it’s good WiFi.

I have to thank our new to us WiFiRanger CORE router (photo above). It’s similar to the original WiFiRanger Pro, but smaller and more powerful. Our CORE was able to access several WiFi hot spots:

WiFiRanger CORE Main Screen (click to enlarge)

Just finished watching a HD (720p) video. It streamed at speeds between 2.5 and 5 Mbps:

Campground WiFI Speeds (click to enlarge)

Good News, Bad News

GOOD NEWS . . .

We’re in a Mississippi campground right on the Gulf of Mexico.

A “Brochure” View from Our RV Front Window

BAD NEWS . . .

There’s a leak in the roof. I was watching a large storm surrounding us on my computer when I felt water on my leg. After turning on a few lights, right above me I discovered a fairly steady dripping from the roof into the electronics cabinet — the absolute best place for dripping water. Very, very, very lucky to have been awake for all this. Nothing appears to be damaged.

So I did the standard bucket-under-the-leak trick, hoping this will suffice until I can get on the roof in the morning. By the way, while we don’t carry a spare roof, we do have all the stuff to repair it.

Anyway, I’ll be up for a few hours while this storm works its way across the Gulf.

We Are Somewhere

Finally, a shoutout to Jan who drove the entire distance today from our last campground in Henderson, LA to Waveland, MS. It was rain all the way plus an incredibly slowwwwwwww drive through Baton Rouge.

Cajun Dining Tonight

Cajun Camping

BREAUX BRIDGE, LA — Just arrived this afternoon. Found a local Cajun restaurant that will pick us up at our RV and then drive us home later.

We’re on!

What should we have for dinner? Here’s the menu

We just finished our dinner . . .

We opted for a Louisiana 4 Course Dinner with Stuffed Shrimp, Crawfish Boulette, Frog Leg, Fried Catfish, Fried Shrimp, Fried Oysters, Seafood Jambalaya, and Bread Pudding.

Jan and I want our epithet to be “They dined well”.

Beaumont, TX

Enough said.

Quintana Beach County Park

Camping in the Texas Chemical Coast (click on photo to enlarge)

FREEPORT, TX — Damn, is it humid here! In the low 90s. When we saw all the petrochemical plants on Google, we had several 2nd thoughts about camping here. Although we were thinking about filling up our RV at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

But it seems like the city (and county?) has gone out of its way to “hide” the oil plants behind bird preserves and landscaping.

We Are Here

Also, Freeport is located in a major migration flyway and has several bird sanctuaries that Jan soon discovered.

Summer Tanager

Blue Grosbeak

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

MOVIES . . .