Mary is no longer available for RV traveling, but we remain good friends.
Because we have 5,000+ postings, I’ve invited her to continue posting entries on this blog.
I’m currently in my 23rd year of full-time RVing and my lifestyle is changing, For more info click Here
The motorhome is parked at Thousand Trails RV Resort in La Conner, Washington. I’ll depart here August 13th.
Since my RVing life is changing (see above), I’m starting to re-visit previously visited places. So rather than constantly re-blogging past entries, I’ve decided to do something different.
Note: Mary flew from Baton Rouge Airport, Louisiana on March 12 to her home in California. I’m hoping to get her back with me by mid-April. My current plans are to stay here for a few days and then start SLOWLY drifting north along the Mississippi River to Memphis, Tennessee where I’ll then turn northeast heading for New England. Can’t go north too fast because it’s still cold up there! I now expect to leave tomorrow.
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The motorhome is currently parked at VFW Post #4224 in Baker, a few miles north of Baton Rouge.
In recent days I’ve had occasion to be in the Port Allen area, directly across the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge. It’s located about 10 miles south of my current parking location. While in that area I visited three historical locations. In the below Google Earth image V indicates my current parking location at VFW Post #4224. Point #1 indicates the approximate location of the sunken Civil War Confederate Ship CSS Arkansas which you can read about by clicking this Wikipedia link…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Arkansas
As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…
The following photos are from the above Wikipedia link…
According to the Wikipedia article, the ship is buried under this levee…
I walked down this path to the river’s edge…
Looking north I could see the Highway 190 bridge. Looking south was heavy with trees which did not allow a photo…
While in that general locale, I got these two other photos…
About three miles further south at point #2 is the site of the old ferry crossing between Port Allen and Baton Rouge which you can read about by clicking this link…
http://historicalbatonrouge.blogspot.com/2009/04/baton-rouge-ferry.html
The ferry photo is from the above link…
Here are some photos of that area today…
Looking across the river at Baton Rouge…
Looking south along the levee and the Interstate Highway 10 Bridge…
A 180 degree panorama taken at the river’s edge. The tall building by itself on the left is the state capital building. At 450 feet and 34 stories, it’s the tallest capital building in the United States…
Looking down Main Street Port Allen…
At point #3 about two-mile south of the ferry landing is the Port Allen Lock which you can read about by clicking this Wikimedia link…
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Port_Allen_Lock_Louisiana_aerial_view.jpg
The lock provides a 160 mile shortcut to Morgan City along the Intracoastal Waterway rather than following the Mississippi River. Employees Kirby and Nat did not want to be photographed. I wonder if they are hiding from the law? 🙂 Anyways, they gave me a great guided tour and here are some of the photos…
I happened to luck out and caught a tug with six barges loaded with salt passing through the lock… 
It’s all controlled at this command console…
Enjoying interesting local sites is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!
The red dot on the below map shows our approximate location in the State of Louisiana. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…
Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein
If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…
http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! MARY WROTE A MANY GREAT BLOGS…SO WHENEVER SHE PUBLISHED A BLOG POSTING THE SAME DAY THAT I DID…YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ HER BLOG BY CLICKING THE BELOW LINK! DO IT NOW!
https://otrwjam.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/no-parade-but-got-the-ghost-story/
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PHOTOS.
Forecast for today is Sunny and 70 degrees.
Enjoying nice weather is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!
The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of Washington. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…
Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures with low humidity most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein
My current travel rig is a 2006 Fleetwood 26′ Class A Motorhome and a towed 1986 Ford Bronco II, Eddie Bauer Model. This photo was taken in the desert at Slab City near Niland, California…
On October 27, 2012, I created a two-minute video titled America The Beautiful. The music America The Beautiful is by Christopher W. French. The photos, which I randomly selected, are from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia (not shown in that order)…are mine. Yup, That’s me standing in front of the Post Office in Luckenbach, Texas…Y’all!
Click this link to start the video. Make sure you have your speakers turned on and go to full screen asap.
http://youtu.be/FfZUzEB4rM8
If you would like to see my YouTube videos, click this link… http://www.youtube.com/user/JimJ1579/videos
There are more than 700 photo albums in my Picasa Web Albums File. To gain access, you simply have to click this link… https://get.google.com/albumarchive/110455945462646142273?source=pwa
If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/
For more information about my books, click this link:
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/panamaorbust
All original works copyrighted – Jim Jaillet -2018
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