We were also looking for a Dollar store so I could buy some nail
polish remover for my glasses. Somehow,
I managed to get something on my glasses and when trying to clean them I scratched
the UV coating and caused it to start coming off. All of this is on the left one-third of my
left lens. I tried using rubbing alcohol
to remove the rest of the coating but all that did was make a big smear
area. Yikes! I called my optometrist in Cortez and was
told he was on vacation until a week from tomorrow. Dang the luck! His replacement, Gloria, was helpful and
suggested I try nail polish remover which is what they use for situations like
this. All the remover did was make the
smear worse but at least it is contained to the left one third of my left
lens. I can live with it for now since I
have an appointment with my eye doctor on July 8 and I’m pretty sure I’m going
to need new lenses for this pair of glasses anyway.
There were also a lot of turtles in this pond!
Tuesday, May 21: We were able to get ready to leave before the
rain started which is always a good thing.
The jacks down light gave me grief again today but at least I didn’t get
the check engine light! The jacks down
light does go out and the buzzing stops after we travel a few miles. We had to get fuel this morning so we stopped
at a station just after leaving the park.
Mike had pulled out the manual for the hydraulic system and we had
figured out how to check the fluid level.
I also saw in the manual that if the jacks down light stays on one of
the reasons is low fluid level.
Hmm. We got the plug open to
check the fluid level and it was low.
Fortunately, it takes automatic transmission fluid and we had some in
the back of the Honda. Glug, glug, glug
and it was full again. Let’s see if this
solves the problem.
Today’s destination is southern Louisiana before getting to
I-10. On the trip out to Florida the
stretch of I-10 through Louisiana was some of the roughest road we had ever
been on and neither of us wanted to experience that again. Highway 190 cuts across the southern part of
the state running parallel to I-10 several miles north. Mike had also found another Passport America
park in Eunice, LA on a lake with ducks!
My favorite kind of RV Park!
The park was easy to find and not very busy since it is
mid-week. We were given a back-in site
on the lake but when we got to it we decided to pull straight in. Our “living room” with the picture window is
in the front of the coach and we wanted to see the lake and the wildlife. There is enough electric cord, water hose and
sewer pipe to run under the coach to make the connections. Ahh, beautiful and we’re only about 15’ from
the edge of the lake. What a view!!
This was our view out the front window of the coach!
Wednesday, May 22: And then the storm came… Sometime around 1 in the morning it started
storming with lightning and thundering and rain until morning. Jenny was not a happy camper. Even with massive amounts of doggie downers
she was still restless. Mike wound up
sleeping on the floor next to the dining table since Jenny had holed up
there. We were both concerned about the
amount of rain and what it would do to the level of the lake. Oy! The lake had risen but had not overflowed the
bank. There is a low area under the
front of the coach and it had filled with water and the front wheels were just
barely in the water. I’m so glad we
backed in because the rear wheels were in a more dry area.
The rain had stopped long enough for us to get the coach
ready and to pull out to the road so we could connect the car. We both kept our flip-flops on to slosh
around in the water and mud. It is much
easier to clean flip-flops then it is to clean tennis shoes. The jacks came up beautifully and the light
went out! Yay, adding hydraulic fluid
was what it needed to be happy.
One stop we wanted to make on the drive to LA was at
Rosemont Plantation, the home of Jefferson Davis. It is located in the SW corner of LA about 20
miles before you get into Mississippi.
When we got to it the gates were closed so we went on down the road and
found a Mississippi Visitor Center. I
went inside to ask about Rosemont and the lady behind the counter said it was
closed today and she didn’t know why.
Darn! I told the lady we were on
our way to Beaumont, TX but didn’t want to drive on I-10 so she mapped out a
route for us she uses when she visits her mother in LA. The route she gave us took us over a new
bridge that resembled on a small scale the Sunshine Skyway over Tampa Bay. She said we would say it’s a cool bridge and
she was right!
Insert pic of LA group here
The park we stayed at this evening is only a few miles from
Darrell & Frank’s house on the north side of Houston. It’s adjacent to a convention/expo center and
has a lot of RV sites. The sites are all
concrete with green “islands” next to each and all the interior roads are
paved. Nice place! After setting up and taking a short nap Frank
came over so we could follow him back to their place. 
Traders Village Site
Their house is as perfect for them as they had
described. Frank has turned the back
yard into a show place and Darrell has made the kitchen his “home.” They prepared a wonderful meal and Darrell
even made an Olive oil cake served with strawberries and whipped cream. It was sort of like a pound cake and it was
very good! We visited with them until
about 8 then headed back to the RV.
Frank's Backyard and Darrell's Kitchen!
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