Real camping again, almost!

Where are we today ?

Robert Louisiana

          Overcast this morning but nice and warm. Sure is wonderful being in a campground again. Most of the time we are in 55+ resorts or where the snowbirds are. Even thou this is off season there is still lotsa young families here. Pop up trailers, the sound of children playing, scooters, bicycles, basketball, frisbees, baseball and families enjoying campfires, cooking outside, fishing etc... is actually kinda nice. Makes you feel young again (at least me anyway).

hey mister you got a radio there? nope just a camera, 
Hey mister you goin fishin? Nope just wear fishing vest.

basketball, lotsa fun and noise is good.

         Now after all the walkabouts and chatting with people we decided to head out to  Ponchatoula and check out a book exchange we found there, only about 20 minutes away. Taking the back roads we came across a small Fleamarket, just had to stop and explore. Wandered about, fresh air and more exercise, even found a couple deals we could not turn down. Spent $4.00 here!!

         Eventually we got to Ponchatoula and found Hickory Cottage book exchange on a back street, Guess where is was? "Hickory St". She took afew books in trade and we picked up a few more. Now we could have spent a lots more time here with the great selections and spent a lot more money but we are still doing ok for inventory. We will keep looking on down the road.

        After here toured around a bit and ended up stopping at Camping World in Hammond to see what we could buy. No great deals there for stuff so carried on down the road a couple miles and stopped into Berryland RV to see what they have here. No, not RV's just check out the store for stuff. Actually found a good deal here on a new surge protector, (other one is done now) so grabbed that up real quick.

         Now its getting almost late so head back home. We are missing "happy hour" and need to read for a bit while our Weber is heating up. Getting ready to bake a few potatoes and grill and very tasty Pork Loin roast.

         Listen to the kids playing, smell the campfires and enjoy the rest of the afternoon. Hey this is almost like REAL camping!

        Oh while we were out picked up a nice bunch of fresh Louisiana Fresh Strawberries $1:49 and later on we will have some strawberry shortcakes with whipped cream.

        In the meantime this is supper, grilled pork loin roast, baked potatoes, garlic bread, applesauce and some cauliflower with cheese. Our Weber does a great job.

tasty and filling

        Supper done, another walkabout, post the blog and get ready for some strawberry shortcake for desert.

         Glad you could drop by for a visit and camp with us, hope your day was as awesome as ours!

oh, the strawberry shortcake was awesome by the way!
can you taste it?

Check out the map below to see where we have been this winter

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