Ryders Inn Natchitoches

... at Wal-Mart - and there are a lot of those around. Having trouble with the gas setting on the refrigerator, and we lost the cap on the water tank, but other than that, all systems are go.  We'll find an RV place and get them taken care of.  We have had electric every night, and run the frig on battery when driving, so until we are further west, we are OK.  State Parks in the south are spectacular - very well equipped, clean and in LA, cheap due to the Golden Age pass. Tomorrow, breakfast in Texas!

... of the lights were up, and we saw quite a display after the sun set. If you can ever visit Natchitoches, Louisiana during December, by all means go to see a lovely town and an absolutely gorgeous holiday display reflecting off the lake. It was spectacular! I'll add more to this tomorrow.... See our Natchitoches Louisiana Sightseeing Photos Copyright 2008, Round America and William M. Windsor

March ,12 - Today was girls day out. Marsha and I went to Hemphill for an afternoon of girl stuff - shopping and beauty salon. We went to some interesting shops including a clothing store, health food store and one of the local nurseries where we met Mr. River Phoenix (that was the name the owners had given him) there was a Mrs. also. He was such a beautiful rooster that I had to include it in this travelogue.

... through Texas. I still need to tweak a few things and my next project is making a dual headligt setup. My plan is to setup the lights to have both on, one on, and neither on. The hardest part will be to fabricate the assembly to hold the lights, and to figure out how to mount it to the bike. I think I will also incorporate a way to secure a tool bag to the light mount and windshield.

... jig but Huck would state was actually a "school-house sissy" dance. Huck was right of course. Further attempts produced fewer fits until MJ ended up as Munchies hook-loader. We carried on pleasantly "feeding the fish" in hot, humid but fortunately cloudy weather. Scores on the doors....MJ - nuttin', Huck - nuttin', Munchie - 2 large and 1 small bream. The discussion then turned on who was to benefit and it was determined that it would be Maw unless ...

Lazy morning watching loads of boats wizz by up and down the river. Huck and MJ went down to fill up the party boat (a pontoon boat like we went on in Steamboat). There is a boat launch at Keiths a few plots down and about 2pm we were on the boat which is very luxurious - we steamed towards the town for about 45 minutes looking at the houses on the banks. The weather was reasonably sunny and we felt like millionaires. At one point we met the son of ...

... land grant set up in 1830s - it subsequently become famous in early 1900s for Cammie Henry who with her husband owned many plantations and this one was used to house cultural artists and writers who lived free as long as they were producing work. One of the famous painters was Clementine Hunter who lived until 1988 at the ripe age of 101. Here's the Wiki: Clementine Hunter (1886/1887 - January 1, 1988) was born around 1886 at Hidden Hill plantation. Clementine's first ...

... Desiree - he is kinda large and larger than life. They are both lawyers in town. Dan explained how he'd picked up a 2 bedroom house on three acres with a timber wood for $50k at an auction yesterday - he seems to think it might be worth $125k. Nice work if you can get it. But either way it seems like a bargain. Apparently he already has 4 other houses. Breakfast of bacon and eggs was followed by the arrival of Michelle (Kathy's daughter ...

... We had a quick wash and then headed over the Miss Helens and Mr Davids which is almost directly over the river but you have to go thru town to get there. They and their son Davey ( a large lad) were exceptionally welcoming and we all had meat pies and chicken followed by pecan (pronounced pee-carn) pie. Kathy's "momma" (Maw) was also there and she is a small feisty lady and excellent company. It was exceptional and fun evening. The power was still off at home ...

... contained iron but had turned into rock without the presence of oxygen. In chemistry this is called a reducing environment. Reduction accounts for the colors on raku pottery, for example. The basaltic intrusions and heat caused by overthrusting had created interesting twists and turns in the strata as well has some diorite (igneous) and marble (metamorphic) layers. A few more hikes like this and Rory might actually begin to ...