The last leg of our western trip of 2017, Branson MO to FL

  The final leg of our journey from the Oregon Coast to our home in Florida. We arrive in Branson MO at the Escapees Turkey Creek RV Park to meet up with friends and for the final leg of our 2017 home. We will travel the last 1000 miles or so with Lance and Andrea, the couple that bought our other home here in Florida. Imagine they are still friends, I guess they liked the deal. But in all fairness, they were friends before the "deal". We made three overnight stops to our homes. Follow along.


Saw this somewhere, it may have been at a restaurant. Found it to be a comical.. Hope it doesn't offend anyone.

Saddle up!

This and the next few photo's from the Fall Creek Steak and Catfish Restaurant in Branson

What are these three "hunks" looking at. Oh the "hunks" are Terry, Bob and Lance. You can try and guess who's who's.

Its lake Tanneycomo

On the road home

Few raindrops on the window, but it's another mural.

All throughout the west and south we saw man old trucks rusting away

Even used as a sign for this RV Park

We enjoy all the road memorabilia we come across.

Big bird, but he's not yellow.

I'm feeling deserted

The stories I could tell

Check out the size of these silos, see the tractor trailer.

Good thing we called ahead

You think your having a bad day!

Looking out from Tom Sawyer RV Park

This site must be at least 100 feet long

Just passed thru the tip of Tennessee

Then into Mississippi

We've seem several of these large crosses through out the south

Big chicken at a Bar B Q

A big watermelon

Forest County Fairgrounds Hattiesburg MS About 100 sites only 6 being used, FHU $20. night, self register. Most sites un level

Large nursery in Alabama

USS Alabama in Mobil Bay

Not sure of the location of all the photo's. But its driving along, and a quick point and shot. Just wish the camera would stay on. Many times Linda misses what we think would be a good photo just waiting for the camera to come on and focus. This photo is in Mobile Bay I think this guy is overloaded They are some kind of crab traps

Mobil Bay is really huge

Home state just about 450 + miles from here

Following Lance and Andrea

National Guard heading home

One of many, many small convoys of utility trucks heading home or perhaps somewhere else

More road art

Our site at Tallahassee RV Park. FHU pullthrus, $50. a night, 10% Good Sam discount. Location, location, I guess. A little expensive for a one night stop.. Last stop before home. We also traveled farther then we liked and it was getting late. 

Check out the pretty sky

Work is just beginning

Branch's and leafs litter our deck. The trees are almost stripped bear of leafs.

This is were our dock used to be. There were 3 pilings.

Our car port took the worst hit. Lucky the car was ok, but the cover was torn a bit.

Happy, happy, "home at last, home at last", from the song by Steely Dan.

"Home at last home at last".  The biggest plus, we were safe. Thanks for following along. I'll back track and pick up our trip in the state of Washington, before we were so rudely interrupted by hurricane Irma.

Toad Suck COE Campground, June 2017, Arkansas

                                            Toad Suck COE Campground, Arkansas

      WOW drove 350 miles today. We usually only drive around 200-250 a day. And the worst thing about it was much of it was in rain, and sometimes in very heavy downpours. When it started to rain hard  were in an area we didn't want to stop. We just wanted to get passed the Little Rock area on Sunday with a lot less traffic. Just passed Little Rock the rain stopped. So it was find a place. What luck, we saw a sign for a Corp Of Engineer park. Got out our Corp directory and called to see if they had any spots available. YES come on in. The name of the park is Toad Suck.

 

Didn't get a picture of the sign for RV Park, but that's right "Toad Suck".

 

 

 

      By the time we checked in it started to rain. Not just a rain, did you ever hear that saying " it's raining cats and dogs", well this was more like cow's and horses. We just unhooked the car and backed in. When the rain let up a bit we hooked up the electric and water. But what a great site. Looking out our front window was the Arkansas River. We were a little concerned  about the height of the water. So I asked the workers at the entrance booth about the water levels.  He said he had been there since 2015 and never had to evacuate. But they had two warnings that they might have too. Well do we sleep with our clothes on? Not to worry there is high ground not far away. I slept very well, and the rain stopped. We did stay another day as rain was forecast all the next day for the area we were heading. I didn't want to drive in rain all day again when there is no rush to get someplace. It just drizzled a few times. Date of stay June 2017

 

Our site, a little wet, was 50 amp electric with water. We didn't need to dump because were we were on was a full hook up site and I'll dump when we get hook up. The roads and site were paved with a nice gravel area aside of the pad with a covered table. Our site was level side to side but ran downhill back to front. A lot of area to walk a dog. Nice clean bath house and showers. Nice spacing between sites. Cost with our America the Beautiful pass was $9. a night.

 

 

There are sites behind us, but there were empty.  

Hard to see, but all the gates holding the water back to create a lake above the dam are open

A tug pushing barges locking thru, just across the rive from our site

It look like a total of nine barges

 

A tug following

The two tugs

From the bridge above looking down at the entrance to the park

 

The other side of the park looking down from the bridge

The lock from the bridge

 

Look how much I have grown.

 

 

A neat mural, Linda is a mural junkie, she has pictures of 100's of murals from aroud the country