We Are Finally Heading West

Yay!!!  We are on the road home!  The sight of the compass indicator showing a W was an exciting thing this morning!  

The three of us slept like the proverbial logs last night.  It was quiet, cooler, and we were exhausted from the two previous sleepless nights.  Amazingly, I only had to get up to visit the ladies’ room once.  We were awakened this morning at 8am when the Star Spangled Banner was being played on the base PA system when the flags went up.  I’m guessing we would have slept longer had we not been on a military base.  It was cooler, less humidity, and the sun was trying to peek out from behind the clouds.  A morning to make one smile!

We got on the road about 10am after doing some research as to which roads were open between us and the interstate.  Yesterday our primary route was blocked and we anticipated having to go through town and traffic this morning.  But, the gods were smiling on us today as the road to the back gate that had partially caved in was open (one lane only - but better than no lanes), the gate was open and the Blue Angel Parkway up to the interstate was open again.  Hooray!  

The drive was an easy one along I-10 to Slidell, LA where we went NW on I-12 north over Lake Pontchartrain to Denham Springs, LA.  We are in a KOA here, just east of Baton Rouge.  We are in the same site as when we were going eastbound a month ago and Roger thinks it is the same site we have stayed in years’ past.  It’s a comfortable little park in a quiet neighborhood with a large dog run for the Maggster.   We fueled the truck after dinner and stopped on the way back for a frozen yogurt treat.  We are now settled in for the evening.

Our new route plan is to go from here, north to Barksdale, AFB outside of Shreveport, LA and hopefully stay there two nights (they don’t take reservations -first come, first served), then get on I-20 and head for Dallas/Ft. Worth area.  From there, north to Amarillo and I-40.  That’s the plan for now, subject to change at any second!  

A text from P’Cola Pam says that they made great progress today cleaning up her mom’s house “with the help of neighbors and friends.”  We are so glad to hear that.