Awake: 5:53am Temp 57 sleep 5+10 overcast overnight @ Byram, MS.
I make a call to Gulfport, MS & arrange to spend (3) nights @ their campground.
We leave the Swinging Bridge RV Park @ 9:50am, taking a shortcut on State Road-469 east to US-49 south to Gulfport, MS. I-55 is so bad & bumpy; we were delighted to learn that US-49 was just the opposite.
Arrive @ the Southern Oaks Mobile Home Community in Gulfport, MS @ 12:50pm. Big John, the manager, tells us they have over (200) campsites on their (46) acres. It's a big rig friendly campground with asphalt parking; John takes me around in their golf cart to select a vacant site & I select one with an open view.
Today’s Travel: 3+15 hrs 151 miles 25 gal used 5.9 mpg 46.4 avg speed.
Usually after parking, plugging in shore power & extending slides, I switch on the satellite system to make sure we have DirecTV for later viewing. However, today, “horrors,” no signal from space. I re-boot the receiver several times; check all the cables from both the DVR receiver & Home Theater System to no avail. Then I make a call to Newell; Chris tells me no one is working in the Service Facility today as they are still on the 4-day a week program. Ok, so for now, we will revert to our 2nd TV in the bedroom, which, when the Murphy bed is up & away, is an extra room.
K & I walk the campground for (30) min of exercise.
Dinner: Filled peppers, whole grain bread, & fresh mango..
Kathy calls Melissa in PA & they talk for over an hour about many things: their recent house inspection for the source of lead contamination, which seems to be mostly from the chipping, pealing exterior house paint; Katrina’s Christmas visit during which she will be bringing her teenage “little” sister; the boys; their Thanksgiving plans; etc
Late evening: we start watching: “Long Day’s Journey into Night” on our bedroom TV. (1) hr later, this provoking & somewhat redundant Long Day’s Journey….began to get nowhere & we had (2) more hrs to finish. So we rate this movie: not worth watching.
Lights out: 12:22am
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