10-26-17 - (Day 87 - Home Sweet Home)

We watched a few more barges on the river this morning then motored the last 159 miles of the trip.  Ferny Kat got excited about half way between Varnado and Bogalusa.  She knew she was Crossroads bound.

The grass had really prospered with all the rain it received while we were gone.  Lauren was able to mow the entire yard before dark.  I pittled in the house and camper, getting the necessities taken care of.

We thought Ferny Kat would get home, find her a place to hide, and sleep for the rest of the day.  We thought wrong.  I could hear her hollering every time I went out to the camper to bring in a load.  Finally, she snuck by and got out the door.  She must be part dog.  Every time I went out, she went out.  Every time I went in, she went in.  She is one sassy cat.

We grilled burgers and sat by the propane camp fire tonight until the cold weather ran us in.

We were gone 87 days.  We traveled 7,502 miles in the truck.  We traveled 4,650 miles on Amber.  We took 7,590 pictures.  Our average camping per night was $ 11.90.  The solar Lauren installed on the camper saved us a lot of money and allowed us to boon dock in some fantastic places.

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10-25-17 (Day 86 - Homecoming Eve)

It was a nice quiet, dark night last night, boon docking at the Little River.  We slept good with our extra blanket on.  Around 6 am, the fishermen started coming in.  I hope the fish were striking their hooks as good as they were striking the water last night.

38 miles later, we are at Riverview RV Park in Vidalia, La.  This park has grown and changed a lot since about 13 years ago when we frequented it often.  The owner has made a lot of improvements.

We took a ride to check out Beau Pre' Golf Course and hoped we would see Geoghegan there.  The course was as pretty as ever, and yes, Goeghegan was there.  We were flooded with the great memories of all the fun we had while playing golf here.  Good Ole' Times.

We took a ride through down town Natchez then headed back to camp.  Of course, Ferny Kat was ready to give her stomp of approval when we got back.  She strutted around like she owned the place.

We watched the river traffic go by on the Mighty Mississippi River this afternoon.  A few days into the trip we watched barges on the Mississippi in Missouri, and now our last night of the trip we are doing the same thing in Louisiana.

Home sweet home tomorrow!!

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10-24-17 - (Day 85 - Little River Closure Dam)

We got 241 miles closer to home today.  We are Boon Docking at Little River Closure Dam at Archie, Louisiana.  The Little River is larger than it's name implies.

We have a nice grassy, hay field on one side of the camper and the river on the other.  It is quiet here, except for the howling, cold, wind.

We plan on moving to Vidalia tomorrow and watch barges go by on the Mighty Mississippi.


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10-23- 17 - (Day 84 - New Waverly, Texas)

We moved 281 miles east today.  Getting through San Antonio on I 10 was a breeze.  Then we took the leisurely, country roads.  We had no desire to go through Houston.

We are parked at a nice campground, Hillcrest RV Park in  New Waverly, Texas.  The campground has a swimming pool, hot tub, pool table in the lodge, and green grass.

I thought about getting in the hot tub, bur Ferny Kat changed my mind.  Green grass trumps hot tub.  She couldn't wait to get her toes in it.

It has been  a nice, quiet, cool, evening.  Tomorrow, we head to Louisiana.

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10-22-17 - (Day 83 - Bandera Lunch Ride)

It was really cloudy this morning, with that thick southern humidity.  And then the wind started howling.

All the sudden we heard a train noise, luckily there was a horn with it.  Whew! Not a tornado.

After a while, the sun made it's appearance and it was time for a ride

We waited on a train in Hondo that must have been the longest train ever.  It must have had at least a complete gravel pit in the all the train cars..

It was a pretty day but a little bit on the windy side.  We stopped at TJs at the Old Forge on Main Street for our Sunday lunch in Bandera.  The food was very good, and the service was exceptional.

We motored around to the Medina Lake on a rough narrow road and continued on the country roads back to Hondo.

Tomorrow is moving day.

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10-21-17 - (Day 82 - Frio Canyon Motorcycle Stop)

It was a cloudy start this morning on our hour drive to Frio Canyon Motorcycle Stop.  We passed by there a few days ago, but did not stop.  I took a picture that disappeared from the camera card for some unknown reason.  What a better thing to do today, than to go back, get a picture, and buy a tee shirt.

We saw a few motorcycles when we rode through during the week.  We saw a bunch of them on the weekend.  A lot of people are here to ride the Twisted Sisters.

We avoided the Twisted Sisters, made our way on the river/country roads.  A very relaxing, no roller coaster ride, with pretty scenery and few vehicles.

We stopped on Highway 90 at the picnic area and continued about 8 miles back to camp.

                                                                        Rest Stop 

I did a little maintenance/cleaning up today, getting ready for the trek home on Monday.  The pretty yellow bellied birds came back for a visit.  They must be the yellow birds of Texas.  LOL.  Ferny Kat stole my chair then jumped in the motorcycle ice chest that we were drying out.  We watched  a pretty sunset, and have called it a night.                       

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10-20-17 - (Day 81- Slow)

We were slow getting out of bed this morning, we moved slow after getting out of bed, we slowly went to Pizza Hut and ate the buffet, we slowly walked up and down every road in the campground, and slowly settled in for the night.

We have been hard at it for the last 3 days and we were glad for this slow day.

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