Oct 4, 2011 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana's capital

hello. Here we are in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For all of you who dont know by now its the state capital and thats we we ended up here!! well we had an easy day to get here, about 300 miles! so we headed down I40 towards Lafyette and the plan was to decide from there, but with 2200 miles done we finaly managed to find a pair of sunglasses mick liked!! in Renegade harley davison!! so having them now we headed for Lafyette...only to look for a golden arches (maccy d's) to use there wi-fi. so we decided to head down I10 to Baton Rouge, part of...

Sep 4, 2011 - Tropical Storm Lee, not my friend

Everyone I'm adding this entry from my IPhone. I am so tired and am waking up very early to head off to Orlando! That's right folks, it's time for the big show!! Don't get me wrong, Baton Rouge has been awesome, it always is. I love seeing my Aunt Pat and my cousin Leticia and her husband Michael. We are all very close so it means a lot to be able to spend a little time with him. It means so much to me I was willing to drive through the start of the storm. I was definitely ready for a Louisiana daiquiri once we got here. Those of you who...

Aug 1, 2011 - louisiana

Today was half touring and half driving back towards home. we left Pensacola in the morning and drove to Mobile Alabama. We toured the U.S.S. Alabama battleship and went on the WWII sub that was displayed there. We drove through a torrential downpour in Alabama after we left the memorial but it let up as we entered Mississippi. We went swimming in the ocean in Biloxi but it started to rain so we headed out. We made it as far as Baton Rouge. We are driving to San Antonio in the morning. It's about 550 miles so we won t be making any stops...

Apr 28, 2011 - Finally across TX

4-28 Thur. Another day without much excitement. Last night another episode with the fridge. It shut down last night at midnight. We have an appointment at Dixie’s RV in Hammond LA in the morning at 8:30. Hopefully we can get it repaired for good and be on the road by noon. We had a good day on the road covered a little over 300 miles. Found fuel for 3.79 which is really good. Got back on I-10 at Beaumont only to find trucks, trucks, trucks. We had just covered 900 miles across the back roads of Texas with very few trucks and not much...

Apr 21, 2011 - Baton Rouge, LA

We traveled from Corpus Christi to Baton Rouge today. It was a long trip, but we arrived mid afternoon. We had our first taste of boiled peanuts in Lousiana. Needless to say, they would not be something I would try again. Between the traffic and the food we decided that this would not be a place we would probably return to again. It took us 50 minutes to go one mile on I-10. We were headed to a Rural Life Museum (approx 10 miles away). Since the traffic was so slow, we would need to spend the night in the parking lot in order to get into...

Apr 20, 2011 - To Baton Rouge, LA

We travel north today. If we were purists, we would stay on the Great River Road. We are not. We want to cross Lake Pontchartrain on the causeway. Back in New Orleans, we have no trouble getting to the causeway. Crossing the causeway is much easier than crossing Mackinaw Bridge! It is an easy straight run. What do we see? Water. Okay, it is not scenic but we can say we have been there, done that! We take I12 west to Baton Rouge. We had not planned to stay in Baton Rouge but we have signed up for two nights. We have some “housekeeping” to...

Mar 14, 2011 - Day 5

Today's drive was long, as we drove 583 miles from Wichita Falls Texas to Baton Rouge Louisiana.Arrived around 8:15 pm and the hotel room is really nice! (see pics) No time to check out the area, because we are scheduled to drive all the way to Jacksonville FL tomorrow (home) and it is 614 miles, which equates to about 13 hours on the road (10 driving 3 for gas and potty breaks. Well gotta get up at the crack of dawn tomorrow so hope you have enjoyed to travel journal, with pics and stuff. Will update when I get home to report on how the...

Jan 30, 2011 - Florida and the Gulf States

We flew home to Washington State for Thanksgiving and Christmas to see friends and family. Our whirlwind five-week stay included first of all, helping two of Kathi's brothers sort, clear and clean up the apartment of Kathi's Mother who very sadly passed on in early November. We made two trips to Everett for routine doctor and dentist appointments and seeing friends, then back to the Tri-Cities where we spent most of our time visiting with friends and family. Stephen and Sara hosted a very artful brunch of turkey and gravy over homemade...

Oct 1, 2010 - We made it! God called us to the Panhandle of Florida, we're here!

After a few trips from Oklahoma City to Montana via United Airlines for a visit to my family. Then from Oklahoma City to Livingston TX to Waco TX back through Steve's ole stomping grounds and a visit with friends to ...Milton FL. So, we made it! We arrived last Friday afternoon through some torrential rains, couldn't see through the window type rain! Slowed down to about 25 mph and still it was bad! We could see it from a distance but wasn't sure where we would roll into it at! But sure enough, within 2 miles of our destination it was upon...

Sep 24, 2010 - It's been 14 days since I last wrote, who's reading this anyway?

Good Morning from Baton Rouge LA! Signs read as you enter the city via bridges! Boudin and Cracklins! Cajun foods here! Yummy! NOT! I like Boudin, if I don't know what's in it! It's a wonderful sausage sometimes with rice but it also has brains, guts, major yucks in it. The spices are flavorful and delicious in it but the thought of putting that in my gut, UGH! What a whirlwind of activity and traveling. We spent 5 days in Great Falls MT, my home town! It was nice to see family. The plane ride wasn't bad either. Denver Airport is nuts! Not...

May 23, 2010 - Ballgame, Ballgame, and Ballgame

Went and cheered the kids on at there ballgames,and it was hot about 95 at Matthews game, Is started at 3. Then everyone came out to the campground and went swimming for about 3 hours. There were a lot of other kids in the pool and they had a blast. Cooked Hamburgers & hotdog, Kathy left about 10 oclock. The kids were give out. Kathy took the pictures

Apr 5, 2010 - Tour of Avery Is. (Home of Orig. "Tabasco" Sauce

Today was a Fun Day...... We spent the day with Jerry, Cathy and Grandson 'Dane'.... The Camus's took us to Avery Is (New Iberia, La -- Home of Tabasco Sauce)... Home of "Tabasco" we had a light lunch, then toured the factory where all Tabasco Products are manufactured and shipped from (700,000 bottles/day) too over 120 countries "World Wide". After the factory tour we took the tour around the Island "jungle" and saw Alligators, White Heron, A real Chinese Buddha and lots of Beautiful Flowers...... After the Tabasco experience we hurried...