It is located right on the Mississippi River. We can sit in the coach and watch Tow Boats pushing barges up and down the river. I (James) grew up in Greenville, Mississippi which sits on Lake Washington, a lake formed when the mighty Mississippi shifted its course eons ago. When young I lived next to the levee that protected the flat Mississippi Delta region from flooding. I would go up on the levee and watch the tow boats come into port. Plus many tow boats and barges were constructed in Greenville near where I played on the levee. So seeing all this again brings back a lot of fond childhood memories.
The city of Vidalia has built a nice park and walkway along the river that comes about 1 1/2 miles down the river from the bridge and connects to the RV Park. It provides a great place to walk Clay, our Golden Retriever. He loves taking these walks greeting people and sniffing the air for the smells of critters that live along the river bank. There are a couple of spots where he always wants to stop and investigate. I imagine a coon, possum or perhaps a feral cat lives in the brush and trees along the bank.
We stayed here a couple of weeks and then went to Timberlake Campground near Flowood Mississippi, a suburb of Jackson. This campground was right on the Ross Barnett Reservoir and pretty nice. It was really convenient for shopping and visiting with family. We had a good spot next to the water on an inlet of the reservoir. They have a two week limit before you have to leave or shift to another site. So we are headed back to Vidalia to spend March and wait for the weather to warm up before we move north. Our rough plans are to go to Russellville, Arkansas for some more repair and service work. Then probably over to Memphis to visit friends; up to Napannee, Indiana to have a desk installed; Chicago to visit our son Ward; Du Quoin, Illinois to attend a Newmar rally in late June. We will visit whatever strikes our fancy along the way. Plus we have to make a side trip, probably by car, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to get our drivers license and make other arrangements to establish South Dakota as our legal residence. As "full timers" without any real estate in a fixed location, we can pick our home state. South Dakota has no state income tax nor personal property tax. The sales tax is only 3% which was a savings on the recent purchase of our Dutch Star.
We are using Alternative Resources for our mail forwarding. Our mailing address is:
3700 S. Westport Ave #4050
Sioux Falls, SD 57106
We hope to hear from you all when you have a moment to update us on what is happening with you.
James and Monique
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