TODAY'S UPDATE

Last Night we had some rain and thunder storms which stopped early a.m. The low last night was 16C.  and the high was 16C, feeling damp and overcast.

                                                     This KOA is ready for Christmas

 Ford Update

Called today and talked to their Customer Service Technician who said I can continue driving with the light on until the icon turns red, starts to blink or the coach starts to misbehave. So I will be staring at the light for awhile!

This afternoon we went to a near by store called Bass Pro Shop which is a chain mainly across the U.S. and one in Toronto. This place is huge with lots of different boats in the parking lot as large as any big box store has.

                                             The parking lot still went around the building

                                                      Artificial trees through out



                                              

                      This is a dead fish in a set of tongs being fed to Fred - see next picture.

Inside the store there were two levels containing rows and rows of  fishing rods, racks of rifles, cases of pistols and more rows of bows and gear to name a few items. There was two inside gun firing ranges and one bow shooting range with a deer target and a bail of hay to shoot at which were all busy.

                                                      Fishing rods all the way to the end!

We started talking to the store clerk watching over the ranges and said he would only need to see my driver`s licence to sell me a gun and that is only to confirm my credit card. That`s it!

                                           Aquarium right beside the see through elevators.

                                                                Sharp Shooter!

                                             Wow, a crossbow with a rifle stock and scope.


Take Care.

YESTERDAY WAS A GOOD DAY / BAD DAY

I plan on doing  a blog later today but wanted to do yesterday's now.

We arrived at the Ford Dealer early and they hooded up their code reader. The mechanic said everything was within the parameters and seamed a none issue.(Good) The code however indicated the left side was running lean and it probably made the computer unhappy, showing the code. (Bad)
He cancelled the code and we were ready to go. (Good) I had a great talk with him (Ralph) afterwards. He just heard from his son who is in training in New Mexico, after joining the Armed Forces for a 6 year term. He is going to be trained to work with the nuclear weapons which completely surprised Ralph as he said " I didn't know my sone was so smart, he couldn't even keep his room organised".

The day was pretty much cloudy with showers on and off which was ok since we were on the road.
It even got muggy with a temp. of about 20C.

We stopped for lunch in a parking area on the interstate and as soon as the coach started the engine light came back on. (Bad) I ignored it for the rest of the day. So we will have to call Ford again!(Bad)

When we entered Louisiana it was quit flat and of course low and wet (lakes, ponds, swamps and canals). The lady at the Tourist Centre said if you dig down 6 feet you hit water.

                              
                                                  The Brown Peligan is the State Bird 

                                              
                                                   Trees outside the Visitor Center


Along our way Cathy saw her first palm tree so had to take a picture.

                                                Lake Pontchartrain (very large)

All day long Cathy had been trying to book into a campground in the area know as the Plantation section and in fact was beside one of them but she could never get him pinned down to making a reservation. All he would say is to call back and he would be able to accommodate us. Looking back this should have raised some red flags but we followed the directions given. As it turned out, the campground we wanted didn't have a site for us. (Bad) But he owned another site just down the road with a site. (Good)  When we arrived at the new location we knew it would be very tight to get into but we gave it a try. I could only partially get in and then I could not back out due to the trailer jack knifing and the narrow entrance. (Bad) We then disconnected the trailer and pushed it out of the way so the coach could be manoeuvred to get out, took us 1 1/2 hours. We finally reconnected and told the campground manager we were not staying and left. (Good)

The pressure was now on to find a new place as it was getting dark now. (Bad) Cathy found a KOA near Baton Rouge so we headed for it. Another hour on the road to get there. We finally arrived at about 6:30 (Good) but it was raining (Bad) What was suppose to be a nice 3 and a half  hour drive took 8 hours. (Bad)

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