Brantley Lake State Park & Sitting Bull Falls

We finally moved over to Brantley Lake State Park. Still in Carlsbad north of main city and it is wonderful... The sites are huge and the ones next to you are far enough away that you don't feel crowded. The sites have water,They have 30 & several 50 Amp, also 4 have sewer but if your rig is over 38 feet long you may not fit in to the sewer sites but all of the other sites are huge. Both AT&T and Verizon have good phone reception BUT no AT&T Internet... We called and they said in 6 months they would have it there. TV is by satellite only...no local stations. I don't know about Verizon. And a added bonus the SUNSETS are to die for... Gorgeous!!!

We went for a ride after to Sitting Bull Falls. We had found out about Sitting Bull Falls while looking at RV Park reviews. We headed the 30 miles west to Sitting Bull Falls and I'm so glad that we did. The drive was beautiful; We stopped numerous times to take pictures and once we got there, it was a short walk on a concrete walkway to the falls. Very beautiful - one of the largest waterfalls in New Mexico. You should bring a lunch as it's an ideal place for a picnic since there are covered and uncovered tables available with gorgeous views.

In large picture on left to see the mountain climber

Sit back an enjoy the slide show

Finally check out this sunset from Brantley Lake Campground

Until Later... Have FUN, Travel Safe & Enjoy Everyday!

Carlsbad & KOA

We left Fort Stockton, Texas and headed on down the highway... After a few miles on I-10 we headed north on US 285 which was a really great road to travel... It was 4 lanes and hardly anyone on it! Our destination was Carlsbad, NM to see the Caverns and visit Roswell to look for alien life!!! One of my favorite things.... On our ride we saw lots of oil sites and drilling. Finally we went over the New Mexico State Line and gained another hour...

We made reservations at the Carlsbad KOA... We usually don't stay in KOA's because they can be a little pricey (this one was $40.50 a night with our discount) but we were not sure of the campgrounds in the area. The KOA was really nice and the people who owned it were very friendly. It had FHU with 50A, cable, good wi-fi and we chose a pull trough site. Both Verizon and AT&T phones worked well however, my Internet card (AT&T) did work... BUT... we got an email from them telling us we were in a NO NETWORK area and was roaming.... YIKES!!! We unplugged right away since we did not go over the roaming allowance yet!!! Did not need a HUGE charge from them.... Here is Tassie all parked in her spot and these cute little birds were everywhere... Are they Quails??? I don't know.

During our stay there the owner took off in his incredible flying machine...

Now I don't think it was an Ultralight but it did look fun....

Enjoy a short clip of his flight

The next day we took a ride over to Brantley Lake State Park, which was about 10 miles away, to check it out... When we got there it was a wonderful park the is definitely BIG rig friendly and the price... $14.00 a night. Of course you don't get all the amenities that KOA had but you do get Water & 50amp power... and a beautiful view. They had a about 4 sites with sewer but they were taken. We loved it there and called for reservations right away. So after our 2 days at KOA we moved on over to the state park. After we made the reservations we went to Sitting Bull Falls... More on that in my next post... So stay tuned for all we did in and around Carlsbad.

Until Later... Have FUN, Travel Safe & Enjoy Everyday!

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

~~~ Barges on the Mississippi ~~~

Susan at A Southern Daydreamer is our wonderful host for "Outdoor Wednesday". If you are interested in this event head on over to Susan's place....There is a link on the logo picture....go visit more Outdoor Wednesdays and learn what it is all about. Join in the fun.....
Thank you very much Susan

One of the things we love to do the most while we are here at Tom Sawyer's Mississippi River RV Park in West Memphis is to sit by the bank and watch the tugboats go up & down the Great Mississippi... We see so many different kinds and wonder what are they hauling and where are they going. There are small ones and big ones and long ones and short ones. It doesn't matter to us we love them all! I hope you enjoy my pictures of all the different tugs & barges that we see each day while we are here.

Alyssah enjoying the view and a small tug unloading it's haul at the docks

After sitting around working so hard watching the tugs & barges we finally worked up an appetite. Well back to my list of Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives we chose to go to Uncle Lou's Fried Chicken... We enter the address into our GPS and off we go. We finally arrive and it is in a strip mall & looks kind of iffy to me BUT I say let's go in. Guy Fieri would not steer us wrong would he??? Well he didn't! First thing I notice when I walk in there sits Uncle Lou just a smiling and welcoming us to his restaurant (DIVE). I got so excited you would have thought I was looking at Johnny Depp. After we took a picture with him I got so bust chatting about his debut on TV and all I took no other pictures... He has his original and his spicy sweet love sauce that you can have on the chicken... you can even choose both and we did... all I can say is that was some of the best chicken I have ever had. If that wasn't enough his biscuits are baked to perfection and then dipped into a honey sauce... OMG! I thought I had died and went to heaven. SO if your ever here and want some fine fried chicken go there...

Do not be afraid it is so good you will not regret it.

Here are the only two pictures I took... That Uncle Lou had me all excited...

Isn't he just so cute and cuddly like a little teddy bear.

Here is a picture of the food but I got it off the Internet because I forgot to take one... DUH!

Also if you want to see Uncle Lou's on TV again he'll be on the Best thing I ever ate with my fingers on the Food Network August 11th at 8:30 pm

Well it was another great day and just look at the beautiful moon pictures I got...

See the barge in the first one and how about the beautiful reflection

on the river in the 2nd one

I sure hope you liked my barges and if you want to see them

closer just double click on any of the pictures

Until Later

Monday, August 3, 2009

~~~ We have arrived in Memphis ~~~

We're on the road again and heading towards Memphis... we pulled out of Twiltley Branch COE park very early in the morning, rolling down a country road until we headed out onto I 20 towards Jackson, Ms.. then hit I 55 north towards Memphis.

The skies were very cloudy and I was worried about us traveling in the rain. Fortunately even though the treat was there it never really rained hard... just a few sprinkles. While on the road we passed this tower... I am not sure what it was but it did remind us of a mini Washington Monument. This was a beautiful ride through rolling hills with lots of green thick forest.

Traffic was not very heavy and it made our ride very relaxing... My computer sits in the front window with the GPS program telling us just what roads we need to take and how far we still have to travel... She has helped us find a ton of great places but also has gotten us into some sticky situations... We always make sure we know somewhat where we are going and what our major turns will be... Bad directions can really cause us to have just a bit of tension... LOL LOL

My little angle was watching TV while we are going down the road... Her & I take turns sitting up front but when we are getting close to a highway change or heavy traffic Memaw always wins the toss for the co-pilot seat. Tiffy is always up front either sleeping by Ralph or in her little bed. She gets into the bed when the road gets really rough. Unless I am sitting in the back then she is with me...

Finally after about 300 miles we enter the city limits of Memphis . One of the first things we see is a huge oil refinery. Alyssah thought it was really cool seeing shooting fire out of the stacks

Our campground is actually over the bridge and 3 miles into West Memphis, Arkansas on the Mississippi River.

We finally reach the Tom Sawyer Mississippi River RV Park traveling down such a pretty little road. I loved how the trees made a little frame over the road for us to enter into the park. This road use to be dirt but thankfully they paved it.

This is one of my very favorite places to camp. The campground has nice pull throughs with concrete pads, water, 50 AMP electric and sewer. (YEAH!!!) Our phones, TV have great reception and the Internet is working with the highest speed since we left home... Our site is right on the mighty Mississippi River where we can sit and watch the barges go by all day long. Alyssah right away ran out to watch her first barge go by... Sometimes while you are watching they will honk their horns at you... This really excites the campers in the park

Arkansas is where my daughter Jennifer (Alyssah's mom) lives so I knew she would be driving the 250 miles over here to spend the weekend with us... We didn't tell Alyssah and boy was she ever surprised when Mom and sister Hannah pulled in.

Jennifer & I relaxing beside Tassie while we watched barges and caught up on everything... My little herb garden still surviving the rides... LOL

Alyssah already finding friends to play with in the park...

And the end of another perfect day with a pink & blue sky and the moon!

We have so many things planned this week...

Hope you come back and check out our adventures
Until Later

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