Americas Best Value Inn - Bossier City/Shreveport

Uncertain TX is a very small touristy town in Texas. The folks here make their living off the tourists through tours, restaurants, boutiques, etc. Driving though Uncertain there was little life to be found in town. Many bed and breakfasts, cottages, cabins were either boarded up or under water. The restaurants ...

Caddo Lake State Park is a beautiful State Park in East Texas. We pulled into Caddo expecting to enjoy beautiful fall weather, do some fishing, sightseeing and river boat tours. However much of the park, and surrounding area, is under water. Two of the campgrounds were closed but ours was high enough to ...

... only decision being can I leave the cruise on and still make this bend at 130 k's, you will be pleased to know we did, just a couple I chickened out on. Felt the co-pilots knees clench a couple of times during the 160k passing moves on some quite speedy other traffic, But all in all the handbrake didn't work overtime!! The bikers will understand that language

We stopped Carthage tonight near ...

... auto wreckers close to highways (and to control rats), controlling outdoor advertising signs and planting colorful native flowers along the highways. It looks nice! The further north you go, the dirt changes from a sandy brown color to an orange/red. The water in dugouts is orange and is a muddy dark brown in rivers and creeks. When we crossed the border between Texas and Louisiana, the highway went from 4 lanes to 2 and for a moment, we thought we ...

... auto wreckers close to highways (and to control rats), controlling outdoor advertising signs and planting colorful native flowers along the highways. It looks nice! The further north you go, the dirt changes from a sandy brown color to an orange/red. The water in dugouts is orange and is a muddy dark brown in rivers and creeks. When we crossed the border between Texas and Louisiana, the highway went from 4 lanes to 2 and for a moment, we thought we ...

So it's almost 5AM, day of departure. Haven't finished the laundry, much less packing. Everything is a mess right now and the only thing I am sure of is how awesome this is going to be.  I feel a little guilty leaving for the holidays, but those who know me understand I would throw myself under a bus for my family. This is generally the time I spend at home with them to really catch up. I think they understand though.  Now time for a little sleep before the hectic day starts.

It's about a 70-mile drive from Texarkana to Shreveport...another drive that I have done more times than I can count. We lived in Texarkana from 1953 to 1961, and then we lives in Shreveport, Louisiana from 1961 to 1963. My Dad was the General Manager of KCMC-TV in ...

... sind wir nicht aus Zucker!!!! Die Stimmung ist aber top und wir machen heute Abend den Wasserausgleich.......:-))) Das Wetter sollte sich aber in den naechsten Tagen wieder beruhigen und die Wahrscheinlichkeit auf Regen reduziert sich von 100% auf 65% ..... :-(( CU Martin & Reto

Good morning! It feels so early, since I am an entire time zone to the west! We arrived safely at Alisha's parent's house last night, but it was pretty late so I didn't write or call anybody. It is a pretty day, going to be very warm and humid though, and we are going to see an air show! Alisha's dad is a Senior Master Sergeant in the Air Force, so we are staying on base here in Louisiana. I just dug the cameras ...

Early Monday, Arlington, TX was sunny and in the high 60's, didn't do much though had to work : ( Early Tuesday, was kind of cloudy and in the low 60's, again had to work didn't really do anything. Wednesday, flew to Shreveport, LA was sunny and in the high 70's! didn't do much the first day had to work. Thursday, went to work, was cloudy and in the high 60's! soaked my feet in the ...