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••Tuesday•, 17 •January• 2012 11:28•

I'm aware of the Warnings which are appearing on the left.

I might even be able to fix them!

Keith

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Interesting Signs Along The Way

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••Tuesday•, 17 •January• 2012 10:56•

Here's a sign along the highway near our park in Alabama. 

Photo of roadside sign in Alabama.I never did quite understand its intent. I thought, perhaps, there was a road intersection just beyond the crest of the hill. There wasn't.

I kept my eyes peeled for a hill which didn't block vision and never did find one.

 

 

 

 

 

Near New Orleans, we saw this sign. We all know engineers like to be accurate, but this is ridiculous.

Photo of roadside sign in Louisiana

 

 

 

 

Photo of mile makerFinally, here's a sign which can not be found very many places in the US! It was taken on I-10 shortly after we entered Texas.

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Our Alabama Adventure is Over

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••Tuesday•, 17 •January• 2012 09:43•

"Where have you been, Keith?" some might be asking. Good question, since one could easily conclude that I'd fallen from the face of the earth.

But I'm still here, and thankful to be so.

Now it's time for a little update, then maybe even some news. If not in this post, in later posts.

We arrived in Rockport, TX, December 23—just in time to spend Christmas with our friends. It feels like we've 'come home," as many of the residents here come back year after year just like we do.

On the way here from Alabama, we stopped at a state park just north of New Orleans and visited the city one day.

We visited Mardi Gras World which is the largest company which specializes in building floats for the many parades held in the city. We learned many interesting facts about Mardi Gras, including the fact that parades are controlled by city ordinances. For example, each parade must have between 12 and 24 floats and at least 8 bands. (My numbers might be slightly off, but you get the idea.)

The left head in the picture is made from foam, covered with fiberglass. Fiberglass objects can and are used over and over. Figures which are not expected to have a lot of reuse are made by putting paper mache over foam.

That's Pat on the right!

Floats must have tires which can not go flat. Some are hard rubber, some are foam-filled, and so on. Here's another interesting solution:

 

Parades are sponsored by "clubs" which are formed for the express purpose of creating parades. I liken these clubs to country clubs, as it sounded like a good part of the New Orleans society revolves around these numerous clubs.

That's probably enough on that. But it was interesting and should you find yourself in New Orleans I recommend Mardi Gras World.

Of course we had to have lunch somewhere. We chose this small restaurant for a relaxing lunch. (Whoops! Can't find the picture.)

Some of the street performers were starting to get set up and playing in the early afternoon. I'm sure there were many more at night.

We walked around for a few blocks, including past Preservation Hall. At noon, there's not much going on there to say the least!

We fairly quickly tired of walking so headed back to the park. The route was interesting: a 24-mile-long bridge over Lake Ponchitran.

The next morning, we headed toward Rockport. We hit downtown Houston, America's fourth largest city, at 4 PM. How lucky can one get? It was not too bad; could have been much worse.

We drove for another couple of hours, then spent the night in a Wal*Mart parking lot. We usually do this when we are just going from one place to another. It's much easier than finding a campground and certainly less expensive! Plus, there is shopping right there if we need supplies and often a restaurant nearby.

That left only a two-hour drive to Rockport so we were at our spot and set up by noon!

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Workamping Update

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••Friday•, 16 •December• 2011 20:57•

Workamping: Working, for pay or as a volunteer, while living in an RV.

Which is exactly what Pat and I have been doing for the past month. And what a fast month it has been!

Here's an aerial photo, taken two days ago, of where we are:

 

Wales West RV Resort & Light Railway is in southern Alabama, about half way between Mobile and Pensacola. We're about 25 miles north of Gulf Shores, AL, a popular destination of snow birds.

In fact, friends of ours from Cedar Rapids are there now. Ron brought his airplane down a month ago, so can do some flying this winter. It is from his plane that I took the picture above. Our trailer is very near the entrance, which is at the upper right in this picture.

The park is beautifully decorated with over a million lights. School groups have been coming to ride the train to "the North Pole" and visit with Santa, who gives them a small wooden train which they decorate with foam stickers, crayons, etc. Then they have a little snack of hot chocolate and a molasses cookie. Pat and a lady from Hastings, MN, serve the treats. Coincidentally, she is originally from Cedar Rapids and her husband, Skip, is an airplane mechanic and pilot and both have motorcycles. We have quite a bit in common!

Skip and I have been taking turns being Engineer and Conductor on the mini-train. Its tracks are 7.5 inches apart! Does that make me a real engineer? Here I am, at work yesterday morning:

There are five carriages. Each can carry seven, if most are little kids.

Power for the mini-train is provided by a Briggs & Stratton gas engine. The "big" train is powered by a steam engine! Its tracks are 2' apart.

They have a Welsh theme, but it is far from fully developed. I'm hoping that the two boxes of books, from my uncle, the late Rev. R. Lewis Jones, which I deliverd will add to the ambiance.

I've also replaced the huge muffler on an excavator. That certainly dirtied my hands—and jeans!

This is our fifth Workamping gig. Each has been very different from the others; all interesting and enjoyable.

Tuesday, we will move on to spend three months in Rockport, TX. It'll be our seventh winter there. Are we in a rut? Probably. But we enjoy the other guests there so much that we just keep going back.

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