June 18, 2021
My humans took me on long walks this morning. Things smell so good. I got to sniff and snort. I whined when they picked me up. I whined loudly!
My morning walk took me to… well, nowhere really. I walked the park grounds several times. Did not want to go beyond the park onto the
busy highway, so I made the long entrance and park roads work to get some
exercise.
Then we readied Hannah for her next journey. We leave Tupelo on I22 north west to
Memphis. I think we have seen more or
Mississippi than people that are born here!
It is about 110 miles to Memphis and I22 is an easy drive til it turns
into Hwy 78. Then the road construction
begins. The roads are awfully bumpy,
there is traffic with loads of trucks, it is slow slow slow. At one point, I see Hwy 175 and I see on the
map where I can cut over to I55 using that.
But the street sign says I75 EAST.
I want west. Can’t I turn
left? Why would they specify only the
east. Better stay put for the 2 more
miserable miles to I240. I240 will take
us around to I55 where we will cross the Mississippi with a million of our
closest friends. You see, the I40
crossing is closed as the bridge needs repair work. It is a scandalous
situation where they are thinking of bringing criminal charges against the
bridge inspector. Anyhow, I40 is closed
so everybody is using I55. Going in our
direction, it at least moved reasonably well.
The other direction looks paralyzing!
Oh well, not our problem anymore.
Staying on 55 to 555 then onto 63 heading to West Plains,
Missouri. Once we leave Jonesboro and
the 555, the road gets rural. We go
through farms, pass streams and it is all green. Then we start hitting the Ozarks. Up we go, around the corner, then down then
up. We slow through towns, but in
general, we are moving at a good clip.
We have a park lined up in West Plains so Lady Gagarmin is
showing us the way. Hmmm…. She says we
still have 11 miles to a turn, then another 6 miles after that, but I just saw
a sign on the street that said the RV park was 7 miles ahead. Since I am driving, I have Spouse verify I
have the right thing in Lady Gagarmin.
He re-does it… still the same. I
pull over and call the park. They told
me to follow the signs. When we pulled
into the park, Lady Gagarmin said we still had almost 6 miles til we turn and
another 6 after that… Once we got in the
driveway, she changed her mind… I hate
her! If I hadn’t seen the sign on the street, who knows where we would have
ended up!
We set up Hannah, then headed over to a friend’s house. Cheryl Ward and I worked together many years
ago. When the Northridge earthquake hit
in 1994, she decided she had had enough fun in Los Angeles and moved out here. We have kept in touch occasionally through
the years, and when Spouse decided he wanted to see Branson, the route took us
right through Cheryl’s town. WE had a
great visit, and we ate at one of the few restaurants in town (Ruby Tuesday)
where they had a fabulous mai tai! It is
always great to catch up with folks.
Back to Hannah… Rudy needed an outdoor fix. He is getting cabin fever…
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