Blogs from Mississippi, United States, North America - page 22

Today was a nice day off, if only the construction workers hadn’t started working at 7 a.m. I’m glad I have been training for it for years- sleeping during construction, that is. Once I woke up, I did some reading and worked on a few projects, then Victor, Dana and I went to do errands. We needed to hit a hardware store, and later found a gift shop with ROOMS full of cards- I was in heaven! Victor needed to go to Wal-mart, but it ended up that they couldn’t help him, so he had to call someone else. He was wandering around on the phone while Dana shopped. Now, in Spokane, it would be much easier to spot him in a store, but in the South, wow, not so easy. When we got back, I ... read more

It’s Valentine’s Day. Weeks ago, Sarah showed me a card she had purchased for Kyle for this very day. It’s a boy sitting with a huge grin on his face, and a girl on either side of him kissing his cheeks. Below is a quote from Mae West: Too much of a good thing can be wonderful! When a day starts off with something like this, how can it not be great? He and I also sat at breakfast and watched non-regular-hotel-guests try to figure out how to make waffles. Quite entertaining. Did I mention it was torrential downpour outside? I think the last time I saw it rain that hard was in Kentucky last March as we were about an hour ahead of some major tornadoes! We could barely hear each other talk in the ... read more

I started this post just over a week ago when we were still in Mississippi but only had the chance to finish and publish it now that we're in Austin, Texas. Howdy ya'll, it's been a while since our last post because we have been busy exploring Florida and cruising from one state to the next taking in civil rights, civil wars and several chain motels! M has done lots and lots of driving (and moaning about doing so - F. Like she never does! - M) and to make you all feel better, it's colder now that we've left south Florida and it's back to wearing my cardi and PJ's in bed (yes I know we're mad to leave the sunshine of Miami but we were bored of beaches!). After leaving Miami we headed further ... read more

WE'RE HERE! We got picked up from Memphis holiday in (pics coming soon) by a guy form the uni who tooks us all for some unch then onto uni with a tour of Oxford and campus. took a while but we made it. Just unpacking all our stuff, sorted out our ID cards, another shocking photo to add to the rest haha. Room is huge a bit prison looing at the mo but nothing some emma touches can't fix. Everyone is so nice and wanting to help out which makes a nice change from Chicago! Gonna write mor later when theres photos and were done something more interesting than sitting on planes. xxx... read more

After a very pleasant 3 and 1/2wks. in Florida,I headed West.Somewhere in Alabama,while on the interstate,the RV,which has been running perfectly,just suddenly quit running,like someone flipped a switch.It would turn over but not a hint of starting.Fluids,wires,hoses all seemed OK.So I made the call for a tow truck.While waiting for it,I took off the air filter and pumped the throttle.No gas came out of the jets,so I wondered about not having fuel,despite the gauge showing about an 1/8 tank remaining.Of courses the huge wrecker didn't have any, so we called his buddy to bring some out.After putting 5 gallons in the tank,she started right up.It was an expensive lesson about the calibration of the fuel gauge.But fortunately nothing more serious.So after losing several hrs. and $,I continued on to Mississippi.... read more