February 18, 2006

February 18, 2006

Rainbow's End SKP Park, Livingston, Texas

YEAR 2 DAY 246

 

As of today we've been on the road for 20 months, and we've travelled almost 55,000 km. / 33,000 miles. Today was cloudy and cold, with a bit of misty rain this afternoon. First rain I've seen in over 3 months.

Bo was sick over night, waking us up 4 times to be taken outside. I'm hoping that's it simply a reaction to his vaccinations the other day, and not a result of eating the plum pit that Joanne dropped on the floor the other day, and he quickly grabbed and swallowed. We're a little worried that the plum pit could be causing a bowel obstruction. We woke up this morning feeling not very well rested as a result of being up so often for a sick, little dog. Poor Bo. I'm sympathetic to your dilemma ... been there, done that ... a lot !

We drove to Livingston this morning to pick up the mail. It wasn't there. DARN ! Monday is a holiday here in the United States, so the Post Office will be closed. Tuesday will be the earliest our mail will arrive, and Wednesday will be the earliest we can depart. Our first plan was to depart today. Then we were planning to depart tomorrow. Oh, well. This is a nice place to be. And departing on Wednesday will put us into Louisiana just in time for the Mardi Gras festivities. Mardi Gras is February 28. The main festivities will begin Friday, February 24. Joanne did some trip planning, using the Louisiana tourist information we picked up last year. Mardi Gras is a big deal all around the Cajun portion of Louisiana, not just in and around New Orleans. Lots of Mardi Gras happenings in and around Lafayette. We think it might be a good idea to avoid the New Orleans area because of Hurricane Katrina's impact, but we'd like to experience Mardi Gras in and around the Lafayette region.

From the Post Office we went to get haircuts at Miller's, the shop where Joanne got her hair cut last year, but it was closed today. We'll return on Tuesday for haircuts. We passed by a Baptist church where a wedding party was beginning to assemble. Hmmm ... somewhat odd looking bride's and bridesmaid's styles down here in Texas. Sheesh !

Back at Rainbow's End, I took more items to donate to the bargain table at the Activity Centre, then took some books over to the library and exchanged them. We had lunch. I watched 2 periods of an Olympics hockey game on TV, then fell asleep for a long nap. Joanne cooked a ground beef and rice mixture to feed Bo, to settle his stomach, then went to visit Arley. I did some trip accounting, then started today's journal entry. Joanne did some laundry. She has just returned from the laundry room as I'm typing this. We sure meet interesting people in Escapee parks. Joanne was just chatting with the woman who moved into the site across the road from us a couple of days ago. She's 81 years old, travelling and living full time in a large travel trailer, towed by a large SUV, just her and her little dog. She recently removed her younger sister, who has Alzheimer's, from an unsatisfactory nursing home not too far from here in Louisiana, and moved her here to a nursing home in Livingston.

While Joanne prepared supper, I went to the computer room, got online, sent and retrieved e-mail, and updated my blog. After supper we watched Olympics coverage, and I compared the research data on new trucks that I had downloaded and printed recently. So far, I think my first choice would be a Dodge truck.

DSK