Awake: 6:23am Temp 47 sleep 6+55 sunny overnight @ New Orleans, LA.
We’ve heard rumors that the Lakeside Airport in New Orleans is being resurrected & rebuilt to its former Art Deco self. So this morning after coffee, we motor the (5) miles to check it out. We see a lot of damage to the terminal, (2) huge hangars & a few other buildings. One huge hangar had most of the roof completely blown off. The Terminal was well under restoration & many workers were seen @ another building. I’ve read that (10) million dollars is being dedicated for rebuilding. We return to our coach for breakfast & then leave the Pontchartrain Landing RV Park @ 10:15am; following I-10 to the Alabama Welcome Center so Kathy can load up on brochures & literature for Mobile, AL.
We continue on I-10 to US-90 & Paynes RV Park in Theodore, AL arriving @ 1:13pm.
Today’s Travel: 2+47 time 130 miles 20 gal used 6.4 mpg 46.6 avg speed.
Nice campground, big rig & people friendly; it’s a family owned business, mostly operated by the kids since the parents are retired & RVing.
We watch: ABC news, Jeopardy & the O’Reilly Factor before, during & after our dinner of: delicious pork chops, broccoli & sweet potatoes scattered with pecans.
Evening DVR movie: “Suddenly Last Summer” with Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Mercedes McCambridge, etc. Fascinating if talky Tennessee Williams yarn about wealthy Southern matriarch (Hepburn), her supposedly mad niece (Taylor) & a neurosurgeon (Clift); grandly acted. 1959. Much better than we expected; add it in the middle of your list.
Lights out: 12:04am
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