REWahoo! said:
And I had such high hopes for you guys.
Martha retires and where's the first place you head with your new-found freedom and spirit of adventure? - Branson followed by a trailer park in FL. Say it ain't so.
It ain't so, kinda. We visited wet (eastern) Texas also. And Arkansas. And Louisiana. And other areas without snow.
Things I learned enroute to where I am now
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1) Arkansas should be called "The smell me state." As we just passed from Missouri to Arkansas we saw three horses leaving big droppings on the ground. DW rolled up the window. But otherwise we had a very nice time in two or three state parks. I almost fell into a river while climbing down a large cliff small hill. Arkansas can be dangerous if you look up too much.
2) Texas has two personaity disorders. The western half of the state thinks it's part of the west, which may be true if it didn't hve so much oil money; the eastern half thinks it's part of the South, which wouldn't be so bad if Loiuisiana wasn't so close: I was watching the Shreveport news one night and the police found a semi-naked married couple walking down a fairly busy road; after questioning it was discovered they were on meth and they left their clothes (and three toddlers) back in a quieter area. Their clothes were wrapped around their pipe and meth, and they were more worried about losing their drugs then about their kids. Hmmmm! In Minnesota, they would of had five new laws passed and at least $1,000,000 thrown at the problem before the woman was redressed--maybe. Texas is too big for itself. But their oil keeps them occupied. And they have too many trucks. And their highways are too crowded. I had to spend way too much time looking out for fast (but polite) traffic. Well worth revisiting--maybe.
3) Louisiana was very scenic. And I'm pretty sure I saw a bird DW has never seen. And it's a spicy state too. And we ate way too much Cajun food, mostly oysters for me.
4) Florida is OK so far. But I'm worried someone might sneak up and give me a barium enema. So I'm staying low profile, butt to the ground, so to speak.
