To the Mid South

We left home on Friday morning and drove to Bowling Green, KY.  Stayed at a nice KOA with the usual amenities, free cable and free WI-FI.  The problem was that our utility connections were a bit far, so we had to use our older piece of co-ax which made for a terrible cable connection and their WI-FI signal was slow at our site.  I topped off the Virgin Mobile MI-FI and it was zooming.  It was only an over night stay so it didn't really matter.

We left there Saturday morning driving through Nashville, TN.  As many time as we have travelled, we have never driven through Nashville.  Beautiful downtown area and since it was Saturday, not much traffic.

We drove to West Memphis, AR where we met up with a man who has a Texaco gas station on his property.  The station had been stored in 2 semi-trailers for over 30 years when he bought it and had it re-constructed on his property.  Doug and I enjoyed meeting Vernon who so kindly shared not only a tour of the Texaco station, but also of his other collections - neon signs and old cars.

We took so many photos, it's impossible to share them all.  We really appreciate the time he took with us.  Collectors are such nice people!

We left his place and headed to Tunica, MS where we are staying at the Mid-South RV Park.  It's part of the Harrah's properties here.  We checked in, got our site assigned, headed into town for a few groceries and then got set up.  We no sooner turned on the TV when we got notice of a severe thunderstorm headed our way.  The last time we stayed here, we had our pop-up and a big storm came through then, too.  I have to say I felt safer in the MH, but we decided to sit here until the storm had passed.

About the time we thought it was safe to go, we grabbed a couple of umbrellas and starting walking up to the office to catch the shuttle to the casino.  We hadn't gotten far when the skies opened up again, drenching us by the time we got to the office.  Even though we were soaking wet, we still went to the casino (and made a small donation), had the great Paula Deen buffet and then headed back.  There's still a chance of thunderstorms here today, but it appears that the severe stuff (remnants of Isaac) have moved on...finally.

Today is a day for taking it easy.  Doug is already down for nap number one and I think I will get out of here and see what trouble I can stir up in the casino.  Besides, they have free coffee and as you all know, coffee is my favorite beverage.

Deja Brew: The feeling that you've had this coffee before.

~Author Unknown