Mobile, Al. .....Days 2 & 3
We enjoyed fried crab claws and seafood at a favored restuarant on Dolphin Island and one and a half days of gambling and getting into the routine of traveling as a group.
It is something to adjust to following other RV's and to keep a safe distance and yet not lose sight of the other rigs. You also have to coordinate rest stops, gasoline refueling stops, and pick areas large enough to accommodate all three rigs. We are learning every day.
Vicksburg, Ms.......Days 4 & 5
A beautiful historic city on the Mississippi River, Vicksburg is a jewel of the old South, with magnolias in bloom and fragrant jasmine blossoms everywhere.
Our campground belonged to the Ameristar Casino and Hotel . It was new with concrete pads and patios, wifi( a must for me) and shuttle service to the casino across the street on the river.
We enjoyed two days of sightseeing at the Vicksburg Battleground Park and learned so much about the 47 day siege which ended on July 4th, 1863, when Gen. U.S. Grant accepted the surrender of the city on the steps of the courthouse.
We visited the old courthouse and stood where the surrender took place and all around on the slate floor is the graffiti left by the Union soldiers on that fateful day. Their initials, company, and state names are still visible and a part of history which time cannot erase.
The highlight of the Civil War tour for me as seeing the Cairo, a Union ironclad ship, which was torpedoed and sunk in the river in 1863. She was raised from her watery grave in 1962 and rests, restored and forever enshrined in a museum along with many relics from her interior and the 13 canons she carried.
Each evening gambling was on our entertainment schedule but unfortunately none of us hit the jackpot, for if we had, the winner would have paid for the gasoline for all of us for the rest of the trip.
Gas is our single biggest expense and every week it goes higher and higher, so we are all hoping for a fairy godmother to come down and give us each a gas card.
Don't think it will happen, but one can hope.
Little Rock, Ak....Day 6
We crossed the bridge over the Mississippi and we were at last in the Mid West.
Driving the 150 miles to Little Rock, we enjoyed rolling fields of corn, already knee high,and acres of soy and wheat, many pecan groves, and the sight of grain elevators and a new look to the landscape.
From the moss draped oaks and pine we had been seeing on the first days of of trip, we now had dusty farm roads and acres of flat farming land on both sides of us.
Little Rock suddenly was in front of us and we were in a big city at rush hour and the driving took on a more frantic pace. We found our campground in a city park and enjoyed an evening in the forest with towering trees and peaceful quiet. Our dinner was on a picnic table under the shade of the trees and it was good to be done for the day.
Our first week is over and now we are ready to begin our second.......it is going so very fast, but don't all good things fly by? So it seems.
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