Rally Time

On Friday morning the La State rally began. There were around 108 motorhomes camped at Rayne's civic center and we were lucky enough to have electric and water hookups. This is where you can meet up with many of your friends and make many new ones. Of course we talk about our trips, family and catch up on the latest RV news. The schedule is pretty much jammed packed with activities and by the end of two days we are pooped!! There were two couples from our PA club (Keystone Winnies) there also and since we seldom see each other in PA we caught up on "home " news. The weather has been perfect but just a little chilly in the early am. Yes ,we must go further south so we won't need the furnace, period. Here are a few photos of us playing as hard as we can... WE SING......... WE EAT.......... WE PLAY.........










Tomorrow (Monday) we head east again, this time for Arcadia, FL. It will take us two days but we are getting anxious to meet up with our winter friends. Ya'll take care...................and..... Happy Trails to You.............Until we meet again

Rayne,LA

We arrived in Rayne, LA on Tuesday. It is the FROG capital of the world and they have alot of frogs everywhere. Frogs and Rayne have a long history that dates back to the 1880's,when a gourmet chef named Donat Pucheu started selling, juicy delectable bullfrogs to New Orleans restaurants. Word of Rayne's frog delicacies spread like wildfire and so it goes...... There is no longer a viable frog export due to growth of population & change in field irrigation. So now you know!!!!

This is St. Joseph's cemetery, listed in Ripley's Believe It or Not! Bucking Christian tradition, the graveyard began with the graves placed in a north-south position rather than the traditional east-west position. You would like this one ,Lorry.

We spent a day touring Crowley- "where life is Rice and Easy". Saw a rice/crawfish plantation and learned that after the rice is harvested thet use the same fields to cultivate crawfish. Great use of the land. Also visited the Opera House, a huge restoration project that will be very nice when finished.

On Wednesday we took a "swamp " tour of the Atchafalaya Basin in Henderson,LA. The weather was a little drizzly and the wind was cold! The cypress trees are one of nature's true art forms and I was surprised to learn that they are endangered (too much water). These trees were about 90 years old.

One interesting thing during the "Swamp" tour was passing under I-10. The bridge is 18 miles long and took six years to build. It was weird to be in a "natural" environment and have thousands of vehicles pass overhead. Ah-h-h progress is a wonderful thing??

We are now ready to start the LA State Winnebago Rally so we will be very busy for a few days sooooooo Happy Trails to you........Until we meet again..

Biloxi, MS Final Days

We had to try our luck at the casinos and after winning then losing several quarters, we ate our way thru the buffet, which was much more satisfying.

In spite of a little drizzle, we took a "shrimp " boat into the gulf. The whole trip was to show us how they harvest those delicious little critters we like to dip in cocktail sauce.

On Saturday we went to our first ever Mullet festival in Gautier (Go-shay), MS. They actually do have a mullet tossing contest. All sorts of crafts, community service presentations, antique cars and of course all sorts of food including fish and "cracklins". Lot's of fun.....................

On Monday we said goodby to Mary Anne, Lucky and Happy and headed West towards LA.

Happy Trails to You..............Until we meet again

Biloxi ,MS

We left PA on Monday and headed south for warmer weather. On Wednesday we arrived in Biloxi, MS to visit with Carole's sister-in -law. She fortunately had a place for us to park ,with electricity, so we will stay for a few days ( I bet she will think twice before she installs utilities anyplace else on her property!). Plenty to do around here.....golf, casinos,boat rides, fishing (her house is right on the river) and just "hanging out". So little time!!

Happy Trails to You...............until we meet again....

A Blog is Born!

Greetings ! Welcome to our world. This will be the place where you can follow the adventures ( or misadventures, as it may be ) of Bob and Carole. We hope that by doing this it will allow us to "cross paths" with many of our friends and family as we travel the USA.

We are just winding up twelve wonderful days in Burlington, VT area. The changing of the leaves has been spectacular. With several of our friends we managed to eat and drink our way across Vermont.

On Saturday ,sightseeing in MT Mansfield (Smuggler's Notch) area we saw snow on the mountaintop. The next morning it was 39 degrees and very "nippy". It was then that we decided it was time to move on.

Saying "so long" to our fellow Vermont travelers, we packed up the old home and hit the road again. We will head to PA to visit with family for a few days before we start a new adventure.

Happy Trails to You.........Until We Meet Again........


Bob & Carole

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