Scrambled Plans, so Let’s Decorate

On Friday we came to Natchez State Park, near Natchez, Mississippi for what was to have been a five night stay. And we were supposed to have been in one of six full hookup sites. But those were not Starlink friendly so we came here, water and electric only, but a strip of sky to the north. And, even over the weekend, very few campers.

We’re east of the Mississippi River again, but yesterday we went back across to Louisiana for $2.89/gallon diesel. As we started out I heard a clunking under the truck that sounded louder than it should. Bud waited while I ran into Walmart for a couple of things. While I was gone he went under the truck but saw nothing amiss. When I came back he had me listen near the rear end while he shifted into reverse and drive. Uh-oh. I don’t think it should make a clang. I had him listen while I did it. Nope, not right.

So he got an appointment today, the 10th, at the Dodge dealership. And we decided we’d better not plan to leave tomorrow, the 11th. Our plans had already been changed because about a month ago Paul B. Johnson State Park called to say they were doing renovations and had to cancel our stay. I found an alternative at Goshen Springs. Now we had to cancel that!

We decided to just stay where we were until the 19th. It’s a nice enough park.

There are a couple of trails…

and a quirky little disc golf course. But since we’re in a site without sewer and we weren’t sure how many days we’d be without the truck, we hitched up yesterday and towed up to the dump station and emptied all our wastewater tanks. Now we can make it the rest of the stay just using our portable tank to empty the shower tank.

Bud just called from the dealer. The problem was loose bolts on the u-joints, they had almost come apart, but thankfully hadn’t. That was from the transmission leak repair that Riser Dodge in Hot Springs did a year ago. The one that took them three weeks to do less than six hours of work. Oh, and the transmission is leaking. Riser has to be just about the worst dealer out there! Anyway, they thought they would have the truck fixed in about an hour, since we caught it before any damage was done. But our next site is already cancelled so we’re staying put. So I put the Christmas stuff out.

All six things.

And the outdoor decorations, too. Cheers!