Hampton Inn Gulfport Ms

... another LaQuinta in Biloxi. I have been very impressed with the updates and cleanliess of the locations we have stayed.

Alex continues to enjoy hotel life. The world is his playground...or his resting place. The girls steal the show everywhere we go. I trimmed their faces before leaving Brownsville to keep them neat and pretty. Poodles must always look their best.

... fills and flushes. The pleasant smell has him running for cover at various times. Mid procedure, I depart for lunch with Red given Ted has no interest in Red's fine dining. Would have been funny to see Ted and Red go at it. I think Ted takes him - he's working out and probably has sewage anger. Unless of course Red (Verne) drops him with an apron swat to the throat and rapidly applies a cane-legged figure four. Ted drives us ...

... We drove across the bridge into the area where all the Casinos are (although suprisingly we did not gamble this trip) and showed us some of the cool projects he has going on. We spent the night in the RV on the side of their house. After Hurricane Katrina when Lloyd's had teams of guys coming in in RV's to work on construction projects with him, he had an RV hookup installed. How perfect and convenient for us! Tomorrow - New Orleans!

A nice and early departure from Mississippi, heading towards the wide open spaces of Texas. passed the "Cross" along the way- what a sight. Tonight's stay in a small town just outside of Dallas. Long day, lot's of traffic towards the end. and 10 hours of travelling.

Today we left Gulfport, Florida for Las Vegas, and made the conscious decision to spend the first night in Gulfport, Mississippi, how apropos. Jose Luis is doing 100% of the driving, he is a master at commanding the U-haul. Tango and Cassis are taking up the majority of the front seat, stretched out and slumbering soundly with every bump of the truck's tires ...

What a noisy night that was. There are plenty of people living in motels around Houston, maily the refugees from the hurricanes who do not seem to want to go back. We heard on the radio that the state insurance was warning that they would not endlessly pay for people to live in motels and that they needed to find a place to move to. We sadly had to move on and leave Texas into newer states (Louisiana) and added to the ...

Since the toad in the shower incident a few days ago, we've been joking that "the boys" would like one for a pet (our weird sense of humour!). And so we found it highly amusing this morning when we awoke to find a tree frog sat on the side louvre window of the bus! And he didn't want to leave. It took us ages to get him to jump off, he just kept trying to get in. Those boys!

We spent the morning just taking it easy, waiting for our parts to arrive. At 1pm we had to check out and ...

... I wanted to talk to her again if possible. In the 10 minutes we were there, 3 animals were dropped off... it was unbelievable. The Director, Tara High, was someone I knew of but had never met. She was out of the office when we were sent to Administration, so I told her assistant the story about the cat killer. Just as I was finishing up, Tara walked in. I told Pamela that it was up to her, whether she wanted me to tell Tara about the situation or if she wanted ...

... something was going on, but she hoped she was overreacting. As my friend Kim put it - "we all know that kind of **** happens all the time down there, like the KKK, but this is the first time you've faced one of the devils himself and he said it out loud to you." I waited until after the interview to get the details about the poisoning from Jason, but it didn't sound right... I won't go into details, but it just didn't seem like he was telling the whole truth. I think Jason needs ...

... before being checked for toxic water levels, gas or electricity leaks and even dead pets or missing people. The Common Ground crew, of which I was a part, was the first group, including the home owner, to go into the house since the hurricanes hit the New Orleans area in September last year. The Common Ground Collective had been providing short term relief for victims of hurricane disaster and long term support in rebuilding the communities affected in the ...