Rest Days

We left New Orleans and travelled up Interstate 55 but not without incident. Our 30 amp power cable just sort of pushes into the rear of the trailer and there is a cap that closes over it, no real problem, however as we left New Orleans we once again ventured onto the longest concrete bridge I have ever seen. So 10 miles into the bridge section a truck pulls along side and motions something is wrong out back of our trailer! Shit the bridge is two lanes with a narrow breakdown strip, do I stop or keep going? I did not know how much further the bridge went at this stage so we pulled over. I could not get out due to traffic, so Rose had to squeeze out and see what the problem was. She returned rather pale, not from the problem but the wind and noise as prime movers pass you at 65 mph with not much more than 18 inches of clearance is enough to make anyone go pale! In short with all the bouncing about the cap had come off and the power cable was dragging, Rose stuffed it back in and away we went, no time to check for any damage.
Where the power cable comes out of the trailer


Twenty miles further on and on a normal road we found a spot to stop. I checked the plug and just a small amount of wear on the back of the plug, very lucky, we avoided an emergency stop at an RV shop for repairs. We are pretty sure we clipped the cover on as in both instances, it appears it had come loose with all the bouncing about on the bridge, so we will need to keep an eye on it.

We left Interstate 55 at a place called Crystal Springs and headed west towards Vicksburg another famous battlefield from the civil war which sits on the Mississippi River. Our general process when moving is pick a town or city and as we travel Rose gets on the iPad and finds a place to stay. In this instance we opted for a park which is owned by a casino, cheap rates at $22 a night with full hookups, water, power and sewage, oh, and a bus at call to take you to the casino. All the usual routine, set up, grab a wine, read the travel brochures and put the BBQ on.

The next day we set down as a "rest" day, yeah you may laugh but it's not all beer and skittles on the road. We had washing to do, including sheets, sweep and vacuum the trailer clean the truck and just sit back and do nothing. As we watched local TV they had predicted severe thunderstorms with a slim chance of tornados in the viewing area, we were "viewing" so we assumed that was us! We tuned our walkie talkie to the national weather emergency channel to listen, no drama at this point so we had dinner and went to bed.

The next morning we awoke to very dark skies and the impending storm blowing in from the west. We asked ourselves do we want to go out in this or wait it out, we played it save and stayed in for the day, pulled the doona back up and read our books. The storm passed and by mid afternoon we were ready to go to the casino for a "coffee" as Rose put it, yeah right. We called the shuttle bus and off we went. We went to the sports bar and watched the NFL and spoke to some other people from Seattle and Memphis.
The Casino is made to look like a giant paddle steamer.


Ok tick casino off the list and home we go. The driver asked which site we were at, I said mmm just down here on the left and look for a grey truck, the others in the bus all laughed. Some other conversation went on and as we were leaving a lady sitting at the front said, " love your accent" as we say, what accent?

A great day tomorrow we will get out and about.


- Posted by RnR on their IPad

Location:Vicksburg Mississippi