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 . . .

Port Aransas – Parting Shots

Sand Fest 2017 in Port Aransas

We left Pioneer RV Park in Port Aransas, TX this morning after a month’s stay.

We’re drawn to water and it was fantastic to play on a beach over 100 miles long.

1000-year-old tree on Goose Island

Flirt on the beach. Never stopped wagging her tail . . .