Winding down our stay at Davis Bayou Campground

We enjoyed Davis Bayou Campground very much except for the gnats that came out in the morning and evening.   Sitting outside was a REAL PAIN because these pesky bugs musta'  had teeth - they could bite.  

At Mid-day, we took long walks and continued to enjoy the scenery.

 

 

We thought the alligator might be dead because he just laid there.   But the next day he was in a different position so we knew he was alive.  The gater looked to be around 11 feet long -- but I didn't get a ruler out to check.

 

These guys were in the same backwater bayou as the gator.. 

 

The flowers in the South are beautiful.

There's a general aviation airport in Ocean Springs. and we thought these "hanger homes" were unique:

We did manage one campfire during the day and we allowed the smoke to chase the gnats away.

 

This lady had an interesting T-shirt on and she let me take a picture.. 

Our checkout date arrived at Davis Bayou and we packed up in the rain.   Fortunately, I had packed up some stuff the night before but I was soaked by the time we packed and dumped the holding tanks. 

Slipping into dry clothes and shoes, we headed off down the road..  Lots of wind but the rain let up..  That night, we were holed up overnight at the Marianna, Florida Walmart parking lot.  We tried Sonny's Real Pit Barbeque.  Probably not again.

The next morning, a guy in a motor home behind us said:   "Hey fella - I think you've got a soft tire on your travel trailer."   I agreed and $300 later at the Walmart Tire and Service Center, we had two new rear trailer tires.   We discovered that the old ones were peeling apart.   Just another example of God watching over us instead of us blowing up the tires on the open road.  And the guy who warned me - well, he was a pilot from Texas and they were on their way to Lakeland, Florida to volunteer at a big fly-in called Sun n' Fun.

We stayed one more night at another Walmart at Live Oak, Florida before rolling into Big Bass Campground near "The Villages" in Florida.

We even got the same spot back that we were in the last time we stayed there.

It was an easy 2 hour drive the next day to make it to Light and Life Park where we are now currently staying at our mobile home.   Our renters vacated the premises that morning, April 6th and we arrived that afternoon.

We are catching up with friends and catching up on some "fix-its" here at the mobile.   We're not sure when we'll be back to Michigan but whenever it is, we sure hope it's warmer up there than it is now.

There's new life in the park.. a brand new baby...

The Crane Couple had a baby..

Until the next time..   Rog and Sheryl