Hi dear friends
We moved yesterday, all of 12 miles west.
We are now at Davis Bayou campground http://www.nps.gov/guis/planyourvisit/davis-bayou-camping.htm
We get the senior rate of $8 a night and will stay here for two weeks. Very quiet in the campground even thought we are just off of US90 in Ocean Spring, MS.
We will get around and get some pictures for you soon.
Have a great day
love to ya
Jim and Linda
Looking back I see that we have not update for a while.
We moved on to Summerdale, Alabama to the Escapee park.
We would be Jim and Linda, and Jim and Bobbi. We were joined a few days later by Rich and Terri Deacon, who are old friends of Jim and Bobbi, and new friends to us, who we met in Campbellsville. The three couples of us will be traveling together for the next few months. We had a nice new year dinner. Jim fixed a standing rib roast that was superb and we had all the side dishes as well 
Linda and I have been fighting with the flu that is going around. Mine started back in Campbellsville and Linda caught it from me. As of today, January 13th we are still fighting it. Linda had a major coughing spell about 3am this morning, and I still have the cough and a scratchy throat.
While at the SKP park I called Camping World rv store and asked about why I was blowing fuses on my bedroom slide. They told me that the motor might be going bad and to do a continuity check. I did and it checked bad. Went to the store and worked with their service people to order a new motor, which also included the gearbox using our extended warranty. It took 10 days to get in and we had to take the trailer in to have the new motor installed per the extended warranty company. While it was in, they discovered that the motor was good, but the circuit board/dead stop relay was bad and that was why I was blowing fuses.
After much discussion, a new board was ordered, the old motor put back in and I bought a supply of fuses. The new board will be in in about a week and we will have to drive back the 75 miles to have it put in.
We were moving to a new location anyway so we just kept moving.
We are now at Shepard state park in Gautier, Mississippi and will be here for a week before moving on to another state park. Mississippi offers a $5 discount to seniors so two out of three of us will pay $13 a night. We hope to do some exploring while here and also to find some fresh seafood, after all we are on the Gulf of Mexico.
While at the SKP park in Summerdale, we visited the USS Alabama memorial park, and toured the battleship plus a WWII sub. I also did some work on the Chapman’s trailer….check out their blog to see that and other highlights of our stay. The link is on the right side…Chappy trails.
We are all sick and tired of the cold weather, but at least we will have a little sun for the next few days. But the nights will be down in the 20’s.
Drop us a line once in a while.
Love to all
Jim and Linda
We left Tunica this morning and ended up at Le Fleur’s Bluff state park in Jackson, MS. We got the old people discount and it cost us $13 for the night. Only about 38 sites, but most are on the water and it is very pretty. We, along with the Chapman’s had our happy hour after arriving which was about 2 pm.
Here are a couple of picture of the area. It really very nice.
Oh, by the way, for those of you in cold weather, it was 58 and sunny and we sat outside for happy hour….cocktails and snacks
love ya
Jim and Linda
Hi All
Our last day of work was Friday, the 17th. Amazon released us early, and we still get our $250 each bonus.
That was the only reason we stayed. It was damn cold in Campbellsville. RV’s are not made for really cold weather. Lots of folks had problems with frozen water lines in their rigs. Lots of them do not know how to deal with cold weather in an RV. During the coldest part, it was down to 5 degrees!!! We had two electric heaters, a 600btu propane heater and our 35000btu furnace going. We kept lower cabinet doors open and ran a fan in the cabinets to keep water lines from freezing. We went thru a 30 lb ( 7 gallon ) propane tank in about 30 hours!!! The average was about 48 hours.
We, along with Jim and Bobbie Chapman, went thru several scenarios about when we would leave, and on Friday after a few cocktails we decided to leave about noon on Saturday.
All was going well…we got everything stowed for travel, got the rigs hooked up and I pulled off of my site first, to give Jim more room to maneuver. When he tried to leave his trailer brakes were locked up…After a number of attempts to move he unhooked the electric line from the truck to the trailer and he was able to move. He called the local RV dealer and was told that sometimes you can back up the trailer and the brakes will release. Tried that. Several times. Finally the RV park owner, Rocky, came over to help and troubleshooted (is that a word) the problem. The electric lines that ran under the truck had gotten pinched between the frame and a spring hanger and shorted out. With lots of help he got the line out and cut out the bad parts and re-spliced the line. We were good to go!!
We spent the night west of Nashville having only driven about 150 miles. But it was late by now and we were all tired.
Sunday morning we get ready to leave and our bedroom slide would not come in…..no power to the motor. I could not find the problem and had to unhook the motor from the gear train and Jim and I pushed the slide in. Now without the motor to hold it in, it would come right back out going down the highway. We cobbled together a couple of 2x8’s to make a temporary block to put between the slide and the trailer wall and headed towards Tunica, MS.
We got here with no additional problems and our friends Rose and Leroy were also here. Leroy ran a major gas station and did mechanical work all his life so he started trouble shooting my problem and found a fuse that I could not find. It was bad. Today I will get some fuses, get the motor hooked back up and we will be good to go.
Maybe now we can enjoy a couple of days of nice 55-60 degree weather before heading towards southern Alabama for a while
It was 48 degrees and sunny when we got here and all four of us just enjoyed the warmth. We stood outside and had a few beers to celebrate.
Merry Christmas to all of you
we love you, each and every one
Jim and Linda
