Fishing or traveling?

Last night while laying in bed hubby convinced me that he should get to go fishing before we start our road trip to get our princess. So hubby got up and it wasn’t long he was on a mission to chase some fish with his hook and pole.

It’s beautiful here, i took this picture on high rock.

Another gentleman was fishing as well.

A gold trout was swimming around and he wanted nothing to do with hubby hook .. smart fish

As you can there were other fish not so smart .. hubby had his limit and then it was time to head to town to get some grub for the week.

We drove to town and got food and fuel, then hubby loaded up the trailer (thanks Skip) a friend loaned us to go get the 4 wheelers. While hubby was doing that i packed an over night bag and got what we needed for our 6 hr trip. We were on the road by 5 pm and arrived around 11 at our son Gabe’s house. We visited and spent the night there.

Travel Day .. 4 States in 1 Day!

I am up early finishing up last minute things .. were hoping to be on the road by 7 am! Until next time ...

We rolled out at exactly 7.01 am .. pretty good huh? What a day it’s been 691 miles! We started out at the bottom of Mississippi, went all the way through and then …

We finally saw we were getting closer to Tennessee! Sorry i couldn’t get a better picture but as we were approaching the sign the road got pretty bouncy! Grrrr .. oh well as you can see we entered another state ..

We was not in Tennessee very long when we approached the bridge

Then came state # 3 .. Arkansas .. we drove and drove …

and finally state #4! Were getting closer

We finally arrived at the ranch around 5.30 pm .. yes, we got setup and several friends we have missed terribly over the winter stopped by to see our new place and visit. Then we went to some other friends place and visited until 10 pm! It feels so good to relax although it will only last a bit as were on another road trip tomorrow .. Hope you all have a great weekend .. until next time ..

Happy Anniversary Sis & our last day in Mississippi

I want to wish my sister Patty a Happy Anniversary! Hope your day is a great one!

We got up early today and got moving. We had many things we wanted to get done since this is our last day here in Mississippi. First of all we stopped by Wal-mart and picked up a few things, then we went across the street to Dick’s Sporting Goods. Hubby browsed through the fishing department and of course we couldn’t leave without purchasing something. A few lures and a new pole!

After our shopping trip, we headed to Hard Rock Casino for our lunch date with Steve. After an Okay lunch for $3.99 per person. We said our goodbye’s and departed. We decided to stop along a fishing pier and check out the fishing. There wasn’t much action as the wind was blowing really strong and the fisherman said it wasn’t a good day. We did chat with a gentleman who was catching blue crab. He wasn’t doing bad.

We then stopped by Save A lot and then head back home. Lots to get done to be able to roll tomorrow.

We did our laundry, cleaned up our messy home, vacuumed and put things away.

It’s been a long day and I'm exhausted and we hope to get an early start tomorrow as it’s going to be a long day of driving.

Until next time ya’ll behave now ….

Bay Saint Louis Mississippi

Today we are going to site see along Hwy 90 the other direction. Our friend Steve came to our place and then we headed out. Here we are near Pass Christian, MS. I was surprised that Long Beach nor Pass Christian haven’t really started building things back up like they have in Gulfport and Biloxi. Makes one wonder what’s up. I have to admit i am so disappointed how Gulfport has took out most of the pull over places to get out and see the beach. They have put in side walks and took out most of the pull over sites. That was one of the things that pulled me to Gulfport was the fact that they had many places to pull off and enjoy the beach. Hmmm

We are having lunch at the Silver Slipper and i have to agree with this sign. The last time i ate there it was very good.

Bay Saint Louis new bridge, here we are getting ready to get on it. It’s pretty long and neat to go over.

As you can see the traffic is picking up we must be getting closer.

Here is the sign telling you where to turn for Hollywood Casino.

Same as last time we went to the Silver Slipper we took the wrong road. My computer program gave the wrong directions and this time Tom Tom got us lost. Well luckily we remembered the same thing happening and we finally found it.

We had a great lunch and I have to definitely agree with them being the best buffet on the coast when it comes to casino food. We got home around 3.30 pm and i took a nap!

Around 5.30 pm we decided to go take a walk along the beach and it was a great evening to do it until it began to get dark and the skeeters decided to come out. Time to head back to our comfy home where no skeeters are .. we had another great day but i’m exhausted from all the walking ..

Gulf Island Seashore

I failed to write about the chip in our windshield. On the way from Corpus Christi we heard a noise and sure enough we had a chip in our windshield. I called the insurance and Safelite Auto Glass came to our campsite and fixed it. Here is the chip and the beast waiting patiently to be fixed today.

The beast sits on an empty lot across the street from us because the lot they gave us at cots isn’t quite big enough. Having to lower the front of our camper to get level the truck can not be backed under the hitch part. We had to park side ways and was putting a rutt in the grass so the owner gave us permission to park across the street.

Here is our home, we have a nice grassy lot behind us and i love that! This is a much better spot then we were on when we spent 10 months here. We actually can not hear the interstate traffic, our new home is nicely insulated and it’s wonderful!

We actually had an afternoon appointment but Pam the lady who was coming was in the area and called to see if she could come on over and i said yessssssssss. She arrived around 10 am and was done in no time. Sorry no pictures as both my batteries are dead .. grrrr

Before i got the appointment to get the window fixed we had planned to head to Gulf Islands National Seashore in Ocean Springs. Since we got the work done early we still decided to do that. We stopped along the way and bought batteries for my camera .. yeppie!!

The last time we were here there were trees down and in very bad shape, lots of Katrina victims living in the campground and just didn’t feel like a safe place to be…

This time around it was very nice, all the down trees and trash has been cleaned up, no signs of permant residents or pitt bull or rotty dogs as before. In fact the campground had some nice campers in it. I took a couple pictures but they didn't turn out very good .. sorry

The last time here we could barely get past the cross walk and we never actually got to walk around the loop because trees were down. Look at it now!!

They even have a nice seat built to rest along your journey. It’s about a 1/2 mile walk around. Remember the alligator i saw here 2 yrs ago? Well this is the spot but sorry to say no signs of him now .. i was disappointed.

The last time we were here this visitor cent was not finished and closed off, you had to go to 2 trailers they had temporary set up .. wow this sure is a very nice visitor center

The fishing pier was closed the last time we were here, lots of the boards were missing and they were working on it. Wow .. look at it now …

The Pascagoula bridge we crossed to get here you can see from the pier .. see the bridge in the pictures below?

Here we are getting ready to get back on the bridge in the above pictures ..

Here is what is left of the old bridge Katrina took out ..

We stopped and had brunch at Treasure Bay, normally they have a great buffet but we were disappointed today for their price. Seems the prices have gone up on most of the buffets around here. Then a trip to Wal-mart to get dog food and toilet tissue and the rest of the evening was spent home just relaxing .

I have posted the link to my old blog when i was here visiting in 2007 . Hope your all having a great week, we are, it’s going by fast!

http://southwindadventures.blogspot.com/2007/12/big-biloxi-campground.html