Red Bay Before The Storm

We left North Little Rock this morning at 9:45 and although we had 14-20 mph winds we had no problems. Until we got near Red Bay that is. But more on that in a minute.

We stopped for food and fuel in West Memphis, AR, and while there, right next to the station was a Blue Beacon. So we pulled in and had no wait. We had the RV and the car washed and waxed, and boy did it look good!

So we were on route 23 North in Mississippi about 5 miles south of Red Bay when our GPS tells us to make a turn. Since we were heading to a new RV park that has only been opened since September, we followed the GPS. WELL... Apparently there are two places with the same address, but miles apart. We went down a two lane backwoods road and when it said we were at the correct place all that was there was a tiny house and a barn. It seems that one of the addresses is in Franklin county and the other in the city of Red Bay, which is also in Franklin county. Go figure!

So there we were in East Jabip with only two lanes, not enough to turn around. But on the right side of the road was a small incline the owner uses to get his truck up to the barn with an exit ramp back to the road, although it would be tight.

So we started up the incline and small (but strong) tree branches were overhanging the incline. We pulled to the right to avoid them and the RV and car got stuck in the shop. They had a lot of rain here last week and the ground was very soft. We were able to back up somewhat (something you can't normally do when towing a car, but the soft ground acted as a track for the wheels) and got back on the incline, but those sttong branches we mentioned earlier scratched the paint all the way down the length of the driver's side of the RV. 

So after a few unprintable words we disconnected the car and with Nancy driving it, and against her wishes, I took the RV down the exit ramp, made the hard left turn back onto the road, and retraced our route back to 23N and kept going north. In minutes we were at the new campground.

All the sites are paved and have a paved picnic area with table...

the park is enclosed, they pick up the trash every day from your site, they have free WiFi, etc. They have a restaurant here and a beautiful fishing pond...

and this is our view at night...

We were hungry so we went to Cardinals, much like Sonic, only better. Them did some food shopping and came home.

So tomorrow afternoon we go to get our satellite cables worked on ( the first of three days) and it will be raining thru Thursday. Floods warnings are out as we are expecting 5 inches of rain.