Crossing the Mississippi

I want to share the view of Lake Martin I enjoyed in Pell City, Alabama, while writing my blog yesterday morning.  

From Pell City we drove west and southwest through Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and then through Meridian, Jackson, and finally into Vicksburg, Mississippi.  We have stopped many times at the Vicksburg Ameristar Casino RV Park on the eastern shore of that great river that just  keeps rolling along.  We’ve been here so many times, in fact, that the receptionist remembers us now and even provides us with “the same nice site I gave you last time.” (The words “site” and “time” almost sound alike given Pat’s southern drawl).  A shuttle bus passes through the RV Park every half-hour (all night-long) to pick up those who want to spend time at the casino.  We prefer to just stay in our little motorhome and save our money!

Today we will cross the Mississippi River and drive southwest into Louisiana through territory described in the book, “Twelve Years A Slave.”  We’ll be driving country backroads to Alexandria where we will meet my cousin Tom for lunch and then continue south to Lake Charles where we will link up with I-10 and go west.  We’re not sure where we will end up tonight—but we know we’ll be in Texas tomorrow and the next several days.  You just can’t drive through Texas in a day!