James cleaning up the yard after the house disappeared

It 's the day before we'll be on the road again and I'm trying to get this,very long, post up before we go.

It's a week overdue,which is why it's so long, but we've been soooo busy!

A lot of interesting things happened at the same time too ...

First up was the removal of Charlotte's mobile home that was sitting next to us. They finally got to it!

It was interesting to see how they first split the whole thing through the middle, it was a double wide of course, and than move the parts separately.

The wheels are being attached

And this contraption moved the whole thing sideways

The first halve hits the road:
 

And after both halves were gone we were left with a a nice open view.

 

Too bad it didn't disappear a little earlier, I like the space!

                                      

Next up, we said a last goodbye to the Tangipahoa River and the swamps of the Joyce Wildlife Management Area, when Rickey took us out on his boat to his family's 'camp'.

As you can see, in the bottom right, my idea of a 'fishing camp' was a little different than theirs. They aren't exactly 'ruffing' it!

Boys have to be boys ... of course, you have to hit golf balls from the dock in the swamp!

This little Eastern Ribbon snake called the cabin 'home', and despite being kicked off the deck about four times, he kept crawling back up ... in the end we let him have it ...

 Some of the 'camps' and 'shacks' along the river 

 

After lunch we 'drove' the  boat another 3 miles down the river to end up at Lake Ponchatrain ..



So cool to be on this lake that we have seen so often from all sides, but only from it's shores so far.

 We saw lots of turtles, some huge 'snappers', and several alligators, sunning themselves, now the weather had warmed up enough for them to come out of hibernation.

 
The weather was perfect all day,  it is still rather cool (mid-seventies) and NO humidity!
What a beautiful day, it was over too soon ...

 

Somewhere in between it all I also had my Birthday. 
No pictures unfortunately. It was a rather uneventful one, we were to busy to go out for coffee, but  we  made some chocolate cake (we're hooked on those 'mug-cake' mixes) and worked together on several  last-minute projects (before we leave) around the truck and RV.
But a couple of days later we picked up some craw-fish for a belated Birthday Dinner ..

 

 I love me some craw-daddies!

The truck was getting a little rusty around the edges and could really do with a little 'spiffing up'.

James  had hoped to have this done while I was in Holland, but it rained practically every weekend and he needed a few dry days in a row.

Oh, well .. it is done now, but of course it was a mad scramble, as usual, and we're both exhausted .. just what you want when you're ready to get on the road again ..

Here's a few pictures of some 'random' things of the last weeks:

"It's getting chilly, let's light the fire pit. By the way, have you seen the cat lately?"

And that pretty little lake that I discovered a couple of weeks ago? Guess who has found it also?

I'll take this cute Grey Squirrel over that bad boy anytime! Even if he's eating 'our' May-haws ..

 

Along the path where I'm taking my morning walk grows this deliciously sweet smelling Honeysuckle:

And here's a last one of me, myself and I, working hard on getting our itinerary together. 
I've got the whole route pretty much all mapped out, and the RV parks for the first 10 days reserved, so we're good to go.

Only 86 miles to our first destination tomorrow, and the weather is supposed to be great, so it should be smooth sailing.
 
Should .. I say, famous last words .. you know about those plans!
Well, let's hope for the best. We're a little sad to leave but excited to see different states and places! See you on the road!