Day 4

Again it was nearly noon when we pulled out; but we have to check on all the political news and make sure the ladies on "The View" are all still there, etc., etc.. At least there are no road conditions to worry about here and only two small sections of construction thus far. It's very pleasant to roll along and notice that there is more and more green although I know that in a month it will be exponetially greener! The length of MS was gently rolling hills and lots of woods. somewhere near the state line with Louisiana it gets flat but we may already have been in LA by then. We spent too much time at the LA welcome station, walking around and enjoying the 45 degree temp. We decided to set up camp at a campground in Port Allen, LA, that's on the west side of the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge. I didn't call ahead and was rewarded with no-room-at-the-inn! The lady there said there is a lot of jobs in the area and they are full of folks that are RVing rather than rent in the area. Well, it's good there are a lot of jobs somewhere!
So we ended up in a motel again, and not a very nice one at that. tomorrow we have to decide if we backtrack to Denham Springs on the east side of Baton Rouge or continue west and do more driving for our day trips to Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Today's lesson: The handiest button on the GPS device is the MUTE button. I am not finding the GPS as useful as I had hoped. I have already found three places that are not programmed into the database. The biggest surprise was that it didn't recognize Hammond, LA - Maybe I have to buy additional software for the little irritant.....