My grandaughter Morgan gave me a ride out to pick up my RV from storage on Mondaymorning as Dave and Steve were out riding motorcycles and I promised my friend Barb a ride home after she dropped off her RV for some repairs in the afternoon. Barb and her dachshund Retta came by our house so the dogs could play before I took them home. It was dinnertime by the time I got back. Fortunately my clothes were all packed and I had everything but the fridge and freezer food packed and loaded before I went to bed. Xena and I were up early and got the cold food loaded up and we were on our way by 7:30 AM. Traffic on I-10 was moving right along going east. I left the car at home this time so I was able to go much faster since I wasn't towing. I whizzed through Houston with hardly a slowdown at 10:15 AM. We topped off gas at Buccees on the east side of Houston. Stopped at very nice rest area a little further on but Xena refused to have anything to do with going potty with all those diesel semi's roaring near her. She's a very good traveler. I was very glad I was going east. There was some construction but it really didn't slow me down much. Going west was another story. I saw mile long stopped traffic 3 different times, all going west.
I was the second to arrive at Bundick Lake Retreat and RV. Elaine had managed to get herself backed in and was finishing setting up. My set-up was simple since I didn't have to unhook the car. My site was surrounded, closely, by trees which had me hoping we didn't have any wind. There were 1 1/2 inch spiky balls all over my area which was not great. I was really wishing for a rake to clear them out.
Elaine was just to the left of me. We initially thought the guy next to her was a work camper who had been there a long time and had lots of stuff on his site. We found out later that he was not a work camper and that there was no one from the campground on site but more on that later. Jimmie pulled in a short time later and backed in like the champion backer she is. One smooth long move backwards.
We were all tired so we decided to drive into DeRidder, the closest town and have dinner. After checking out our choices online, we settled on Steamboat Bill's. It turned out to be a good choice. They had a lot of Cajun food so I opted for the relatively safe choice of a burger and fries which was good. They had some intriguing baked potato choices. Elaine had a baked potato with etoufee on top which she said was spicy butt very good. Jimmie elected to go with a bowl of gumbo with a "plain" baked potato which meant it came with butter, sour cream, cheese, and chives on it. The potatoes were huge. We checked out "Ollies" and made a stop at Dollar General for some baby aspirin for Jimmie's little dog Peanut who took a tumble.
The next day Olivia, Mary, Carolyn, and Irene arrived in the afternoon.
Mary set her rug up in the shade. We don't put rugs or things like that on the grass in our part of Texas due to drought and needing to baby the surviving grass but it isn't a problem in Loisiana where Mary, Carolyn, and Irene are from.
It was nice for Elaine and I to catch up with old friends and for Jimmie and Olivia to meet them all. Carolyn and I have been friends for a very long time and I've known Mary and Irene for a while too.
Enjoyed the campout
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