April 4th

Have now spent 2 nights in Vidalia, Louisiana. It's just across the Mississippi from Natchez, Miss.. Not a bad campground with a great walkway along the banks of the Mississippi River watching the huge barges going up and down the river.
We are avid readers of Greg Iles so it's been pretty cool to see some of the spots that he has featured in some of his novels. Such as the Devil's Punch Bowl, the cemetary and the paddleboat casino.
Today we toured a one of a kind octagon sided plantation home called Longwood done in the  Oriental Villa style. It was supposed be 4 floors high but never got completed because of the Civil War. The family ended up living in the basement which is only 10,000 sq. ft..  We then went to the Natchez City Cemetary but it started thunder and lightening shortly after our arrival so we wern't able to see much. Talk about rain!!
Tomorrow we are heading south again edging towards Texas.  We had talked about meeting Stu and Ginny in North Carolina but it would mean backtracking back east. So sorry guys.... maybe next year?
A fellow RVer introduced himself yesterday and had some great info  for us. Him and his partner have been doing this for about 3 years! They are originally from Lake Tahoe area in California. He suggested Hwy 10 down close to the Gulf but did say that we should give ourselves lots of time to go up the Oregon coast as it is supposed to be in full bloom  in April/May. I've never seen someone so happy with this gypsy life but I can sure appreciate it!