Monday, June 12, 2006

North to.....Tunica!!

What a HAZY, HUMID morning it was when I first exited TheHowserHouse today!!!! NO blue sky……just haze from horizon to horizon…….nasty looking and I’m certain the air quality was crappy with a capital S!!!!!! But, this was a travel day….again….and I knew that it would all change as TheHowserHouse moved north on I-55.

However, I spent some time with my Cedar Creek neighbor…..again discussing our rigs and a few of their flaws. The biggest problem being the area under the entertainment slide that was ripping apart on his new ‘06 trailer….only 3 months old, as well as the same thing on mine. I took my Gorilla Tape over to his rig and crawled under to help him tape up his splitting plastic part…..which by the way is still “patent pending” according to the printing on the part.

After saying our goodbye’s……I went inside to take of the things that must be accomplished prior to moving down the road. I also detached the umbilical cords from the utility post and removed the sewage hookup from the ground. I also checked the air pressure on all 8 of my traveling tires…truck and rv…..and, as they always are, they were perfect: 110 on the RV and 80 on the truck. Raised the nose of the RV, lowered the tailgate of the truck and in one calculated move I slowly backed up the truck, and voila….I was attached to TheHowserHouse. Checked the lights, turn signals, brake signals, walked around the entire rig twice to inspect everything….twice. And then…..we were off at 9:40AM!!!

200 miles later we were checking into the Grand Casino RV Resort and by 1pm we were in our assigned site, which I reserved, and in 10 minutes all umbilical cords were attached and we had a/c, electricity, TV, fresh water, sewage, and our own bed, our own clothes hanging in the double closet, and our own kitchen, living room, books, food, wine, etc., etc……everything we need to live a very comfortable Life.

A quick refreshing splash in the bathroom and we were off to the Casino…….checked it out, checked out the Grand Buffet that is offered, looked over the gaming machines……and then decided to head to Sam’s Towne Casino, where I camped two weeks ago. We played the slots for $20 each……and then had a VERY FILLING dinner just before 4pm, ….which is when the prices go up. As before……we paid the $9.99 just 15 minutes before the prices changed to $14.99, but got to choose from the buffet items that were on the dinner hours buffet!!! Slick move on our part!!!

Then we hit the slots for a few more minutes…..won some, but replayed the winnings and game home only $20 down. Then we drove out to the Tunica River Park and checked out the Mississippi River……very, very wide at this part of the river. They have built a very contemporary musem and river walk there………if this tiny little Mississippi town can do this, then why the Hell can’t St. Louis do something this nice along their waterfront????????????????????? It is time they got their act together up there!!!!

Returned to TheHowserHouse….and WOW….the weather is incredible!!!! A strong, very cool breeze is blowing from the north and I am currently sitting outside enjoying every second of this refreshing air!!!!!

Tomorrow we return home to F’town……about 250 miles north of here. A day of some unpleasantries faces me on Wednesday as I prepare my aging body to be invaded from the south (for a colonoscopy) at 7:15AM on Thursday morning in Farmington. From what I understand and hear, it is the bodily preps on the afternoon before that is the tough part…….that the actual procedure is not nearly as bad as the cleansing!!!!!! UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With that thought in your mind…….I leave you with….

Life is Great!!!…..and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!

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