Wayne and I are spending two nights at the new Bogue Chitto State Park near Franklinton, Louisiana. We are one of four campers in the whole park -- except one left today, so now there's only three of us! It's a well thought out park and definitely a place that we will come back and visit.
Today I decided to go on the five-mile hike which is the Gorge Run Trail. It was well marked and scenic . . . until I got to the part in the second picture. The trail is supposed to go where the tree is leaning. There was some major flooding in this area two weeks ago when a major storm went through. A lot of the campgrounds and roads in the lower part of the park (called Bottomland Camping Area) were washed away or still under water. I backtracked and skirted around a couple of the areas, but met another submerged portion of the trail, so decided to turn around and backtrack. My hike was four miles, but it was scenic (and muddy).
We are headed back to Fairview-Riverside State Park tomorrow and will be there until March 13th. Then who knows what we'll be doing! Stay tuned.
A view of Tigator Lake at Camp Avondale where we have been fortunate enough to spend the past couple of nights and visit with Wayne's buddies at camp. It's always fun to drive around camp and see all the changes and improvements that have been made since Wayne left. It was 32 degrees this morning! BRRR!
A little fuzzy, but this is a small portion of the welcoming committee at the campground we pulled into on Thursday afternoon. The ducks are bigger than Ziva. She is leery about going outside when they are close by. At one point, she thought about chasing one, until he spread his wings and started making a noise and she saw how big he really was, so she turned around and ran back to the door.
We had to hang out at DMJ Enterprises, a Generator Repair shop, to get our non-working generator back to working. We got it fixed (new starter installed) on Friday. Now we can dry-camp and know that we have generator power.
So we are in Louisiana for a while and the weather has turned cold and rainy!
Colder weather, here we come! We are en route from sunny, warm Florida, to cool, wet Louisiana. Gone are the days of wearing shorts and short-sleeved shirts and back to long pants and jackets. We have enjoyed the warmth, but are we really ready for the cold again? Guess we'll have to be!
We spent a couple of nights at Everglades National Park on the very southern tip of the mainland of Florida. I was able to go on a riverboat ride and learned a lot about the area and see some wildlife - such as this baby crocodile. We saw him on the left bank when we headed out and he was still sunning himself when we returned an hour later. We had nice weather while there and I am glad we went.
We are now at Lazydays in Seffner, Florida, but will be heading out tomorrow. We saw several friends from the Alaska RV Tour we went on two years ago. It was a good time and good food.
We will slowly wind our way up to Covington, Louisiana, to hang out for a little while and see family and friends. Still heading towards Albuquerque by late March or early April.
Wayne and I start our summer job at Jellystone of Estes Park, Colorado, on May 1st. We will be there until October 1st. If anyone is passing through the area, please come see us!
Florida definitely knows how to do sunsets!
