May 1 - May 5, 2013
We had to backtrack a bit. We are due at a "rally" with an RV club that we belong to on May 6th. The rally is in Natchez, MS. We had intended to spend some time in Dallas or Austin on the way back, but we spent too long in Santa Fe, and then we both got sick and didn't feel like doing anything. We toyed with holing up somewhere along the way, but finally decided that we'd rather just "get there" and try to rest up and convalesce before the rally begins.
After leaving Palo Duro we spent two nights and three days traveling to Natchez. We spent one night in a very comfortable campground in Wichita Falls, TX. We had a "pull-through" campsite which means that we could just pull in without bothering to un-hook the Elantra. Rick hooked up the utilities, we ordered a pizza, watched some TV, and went to bed. But by the second night, Rick was feeling so poorly that we didn't even bother with a campground. Using my trusty copy of The Next Exit, I located a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Shreveport Louisianna, and we pulled in for the night. After eating a tasty dinner, we obtained permission from the manager, and settled in for the night. We have everything we need onboard, so we can easily "camp" without utilities for a few days, We can carry up to 88 gallons of fresh water, and we have propane for heat and cooking, and hot water for showers. We could have cooked dinner and breakfast in our RV kitchen, but it's part of the deal with Cracker Barrel that if RVers spend the night in their lot, they're expected to eat at least one meal at the restaurant. We ate two, enjoying a delicious breakfast the next morning.
We arrived at our campsite for the next 8 nights in Vidalia, LA (just across the Mississippi river from Natchez) at about 1:30pm on the 3rd. Rick got all the utilities hooked up, unhooked the Elantra, and prepared to take a well-deserved nap. But when I went to move the Elantra to its parking place, it wouldn't start. After three days of being towed and never being driven, its battery was dead. When it's under tow, the key has to be in the ignition and turned to the first position in order to unlock the steering wheel. This is never a problem because we always start it up when we get to camp, and drive it around to all of our adventures. But in our sickened zombie states, we hadn't touched it since we left Palo Duro, and the battery wouldn't even crank. Luckily, we were able to get a jump from someone at the campground.
We have a lovely campsite here in Natchez with a great view of the swollen Mississippi River. Hopefully, we will be safe from the flooding everyone's hearing about in the news...especially because we're on the wrong side of the levee!
That is a well adjusted dog.
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