New Orleans

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After a busy day downtown the day before, it was time for some rest around the campground. Because of the bus I’ve had many, many conversations with other RVers. Which down here in Louisiana is more fun for me than most other times simply because of the accents. Especially the … Read More

French Quarter Fest

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New Orleans. Ali and I talked about coming down here way back when we were living in Chicago. It’s just one of those places we never seemed to make it to (New York City being the other glaring stand-out). Today we made it, and after a very full day I’ve … Read More

Bayou Segnette State Park

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Pretty uneventful few days as we just continue tooling along in a southerly direction. Last week I mentioned 150 miles as being our daily limit, but now that we’re in warmer weather and not in such a hurry in the mornings, we’re realizing that the number is more along the … Read More

A Bit of Nastiness

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Many of you will know what I’m talking about here, many won’t. Enough people are trying to cash their own blogs in on this story by writing up stories about it. Here’s my quick thoughts without the keywords. The response by the media—and by many other nasty Americans—to the rescue … Read More

Natchez State Park

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We had crazy rain overnight and even went so far as to leave the bus for a couple of hours early in the morning to hide out in the office and watch the Weather Channel. Fortunately the tiny hail didn’t turn into the baseballs they saw just to our west. … Read More

Vicksburg

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First off, I just need to say thank-you to all of our Bum friends out there for the abundance of offers of food, drink, and driveways, as well as all of the advice on what to see and do. We do appreciate it all, and take you all up on … Read More

Graceland

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Yesterday a couple cruised through the campground and stopped to talk. They’d seen the bus while out walking around the park and had to come have a look. We invited them to have a peek inside and they both climbed in. The conversation was hilarious. Him: “Wow. See honey, we … Read More

Jonesboro

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We’ve spent a couple of nights at Craighead Forest Park in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In those two days I’ve lost count of how many friendly people welcomed us to Arkansas. The very first to do so was a behemoth of a man with a shaved head and a giant slug of … Read More

Canopy-less in Arkansas

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Ali overheard a conversation this morning between two twenty-ish year-old girls. “Oh my god, you know that pregnant goat of my mama’s?” “Yeah.” “Well, last night she just got up and tried to jump the fence. Didn’t make it though, got all tangled up…” And that was all Ali heard. … Read More

May Need to Stop at Target Again

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This morning was cold and rainy, so instead of hanging around we loaded up and headed down the road in search of a diner. New London, Missouri, was the first town along the way. We crept through the three blocks of Main Street where every single store front was shuttered. … Read More

Warming Up Slowly

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Yesterday the temps never got out of the teens and the wind never got out of the twenties. Basically, we couldn’t even step foot outside of the bus. I can’t even explain how over cold weather we are. I honestly wouldn’t care one bit if we never saw snow or … Read More

Start the Odometer at 66,712

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It was a less than auspicious start to the day when the first words out of Ali’s mouth were, “I have to go back to the dentist.” She was in last week for a toothache and they kind of thought they found the problem and fixed it. Well, maybe, maybe … Read More