A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE, THE JOURNEY BEGINS

Monday, April 20, 2015 3:00PM:  We can’t believe it.  All that stuff we had been staging in the house for the last 2 months actually fit in the trailer with a few cubic inches left over.  We are ready to travel.  


Tuesday is departure day and we find ourselves in Falling Waters State Park in northwest Florida – claim to fame – the tallest water fall in Florida.  It was more than we expected, but less than astounding. 

Day 2 we made the drive to Clarkco State Park in Mississippi – claim to fame – it’s on Lake Ivy and is a really pretty park.  Few patrons this time of year, so it was a nice relaxing place to stay. 

On Day 3 we took time to drive through the Vicksburg Civil War Memorial Park, where we saw the "Cairo", the only Union ironclad to be raised and restored.  We were impressed by the whole park and wished we had more time to look around. We arrived later that night at the lake house of our “dear friends” Robert and Cathy on Lake D’Arbonne in northwest Louisiana.  Day 4 was a rainout, but gave us plenty of time to catch up.

 The next day we were treated to a kayak tour on Corney Creek, a feeder of the lake.  Cypress trees along the creek really showed off “Old Louisiana”, just like we brag on the look of “Old Florida”. 







Today, we are 1,011 miles into our trip and are staying at Caddo Lake State Park in northeast Texas.  This is another piney woods park that surrounds a mill pond full of moss covered cypress and borders the Big Cypress Creek that feeds Caddo Lake.  







Built in the 1930’s by the CCC, there are still many of the original buildings in use in the park.



Next leg of the trip finds us in Texas to visit with family.  Then we head west.  I’ll be back in touch sometime after that.