Sunday, September 23, 2012, West Monroe, LA

Sunday, September 23, 2012, West Monroe, LA

Sunrise over Melissa, TX.

We were up at seven and ready to go by eight. We had coffee with Keith and Alice, saying our goodbyes and tentative plans to see them after the first of the year in Lake Havasu City. We pulled out of the park at nine.


Our route took us back to McKinney to Highway 380. From McKinney we traveled east on US-380 to Greenville, TX where we picked up US-69 after fueling up. We went through Point, TX where we had attended church in 2004 while at the 1000 Trails at Lake Tawakoni. We started seeing small handwritten signs along the highway advertising tacos and snow cones. The price of tacos one dollar each and the claim to be the best tacos in Texas got out attention and our taste buds going. Just past the junction of US-69 and US-80 in Mineola, TX we spotted the restaurant and stopped along the road side. We had to pull off the road onto the shoulder because the parking area wasn't large enough for the motor home and there was no place large enough to turn around. To call this a restaurant is a huge exaggeration, it was more of a roadside stand. They serve tacos, enchiladas and combo meal, plus drinks and snow cones. There is a larger roadside stand we have stopped out off I-15 north of Escondido, CA called Nessie's Burgers. This taco stand makes Nessie's look like a large eatery. But both have excellent items on their limited menus. We opted for the Legendary Tacos, $3.00 each. The place is named Legendary Lone Star Tacos. This place is worth a stop when passing. Not too long after eating our tacos we intersected I-20 and continued east toward Louisiana. We did pass through or come near towns we have visited in east Texas while visiting relatives; Kilgore, Canton, Tyler, Marshall and others.
I had to stop at the first Louisiana Rest Stop. I was getting very droopy. We passed through Shreveport on very rough road; I slowed to less than 50 mph. I had to stop at one more rest stop before getting to our destination for the day. We arrived at the Pavilion RV Park in West Monroe, LA a little before 4 PM. The sign said $40.00 a night; to my satisfaction they accepted Passport America which cut the cost in half. We were assigned a large pull through site and were set up by four. I only hooked up power since the fresh water tank was full and the waste tanks empty. Today we traveled 305 miles and have about the same to go tomorrow to get to our destination, Columbus, MS. Since we had a pretty good size lunch we decided to eat light tonight although there is a nearby Waffle House and a Cracker Barrel. We didn't unhook the Jeep so we should start pretty quickly after we get up in the morning.
After parking I started going through the mail that Montyne had sent us, this is mail that had arrived after we departed on 8/20 until she mailed it to us on 9/19. Montyne had culled through it before sending it, but there was still a lot of mail. Much of the mail consisted of sympathy cards for the passing of my mother. There were some bills that we had already paid and some that we need to pay. About 1/3 of the mail was thrown away after opening. During the coming days I will take care of the ones that need to be paid or responded too.
We attended the evening services from Oakey Boulevard via the Internet.
Some computer time and a little TV and the day was a wrap.