A couple of firsts today

As you all know, we’ve all had problems with Google the last day or so.  This is my post from Thursday night.  I headed out early this morning, but had to pack it in after only 170 miles.  I was just plain worn out.  Guess I haven’t bounced back 100% yet from last week’s flu bout.  I’m just southwest of Tuscaloosa, MS, and there is nothing very memorable about the park I’m staying in.  So, this is it for today…

I was ready to roll by 8:00 this morning, but I had to wait until the bill was finalized.  Wouldn’t you know, once that was accomplished, an incoming motorhome blocked the exit so I couldn’t get out.  While that person checked in, I sat on the MH steps and twiddled my thumbs.  Eventually I escaped, but by the time I filled up with gas, it was 9:45 before I actually started making some headway.  Ugh! 

 

I made it across the Mississippi River without incident.  Then it was head north towards Mississippi.  As I drove along, the temps kept increasing.  When I stopped for lunch at the welcome rest area entering MS, for the first time in my life, I turned on the generator and AC to bring the temperature inside the rig down a little.  While I ate, and cooled down, I called the campground that I had in mind for the evening, and was able to get the last available site for the night.  Phew! 

 

When I finally pulled in just south of Jackson, the temp inside the rig was 91*!  The first order of business was to hook up to the electricity, and start the AC at Swinging Bridge RV.  It turns out that although there are lots of sites, there are only six for overnighters.  I was happy to see it was an easy in, and a slightly challenging out for tomorrow morning. 

There are lots of long term folks here, and that’s pretty much what the campground is run for.   I had checked it out on the RV campgrounds review site, and was warned about the speed bumps and potholes.

 

However, nothing prepared me for the upheaval that occurred inside the rig on my approach to the office.  In all my years of RVing, I’ve never had a cabinet pop open, and its contents belched out.  That was another first today.  Lesson learned…Corel plates do bounce even when hitting a very hard countertop without breaking!  But what a racket that made!  I thought a bomb had exploded inside the rig.   

Once we had cooled down a bit, Emma and I sat outside for a while.  It was certainly a hot day for a black dog.  When I couldn’t stand it anymore, we came inside and the outside temp was still 90*.

It’s a pretty clean park, and several long term residents have planted greenery around their patios.  I hope to head out fairly early tomorrow morning to run before a coming storm front.  With any luck, I’ll be near Birmingham, Alabama tomorrow.

 

Thanks for stopping by…. talk to you later,  Judy

 

P.S.  I love the new shades, but they sure are noisy traveling down the road.