Vacation Is Over – Back To Work – RVing With a Purpose

Saturday, January 27, 2024

We continued to enjoy our “Christmas break” the last three weeks at Gulf State Park. In spite of the less-than-ideal weather conditions, we were still able to be outside for at least part of all but 2 days. Those 2 days were just stay inside and binge watching movies and reading days. We didn’t get to use our bikes as much as we had planned because it was just too cold and windy to ride but that just meant there was more hiking. It was all still good. Our friends Barry and Donna visited with us one weekend. We had a great time hiking, geocaching and enjoying our visit that was just too short.

This was our weather several times this visit.

On two nights the park staff asked us to disconnect our water hoses and let the campsite faucets drip. This was the result at our site.

One of many beautiful sunsets this visit

We always enjoy the eagles at Gulf State Park

Just before we left, this eagle pair started staying at the nest. Hopefully, that means a new egg.

A flock of scaups were our neighbors most mornings.

There are many herons in the park. Many days one stayed around our campsite and frequently we saw them on the beach.

Wonderful, yet too short, weekend with Barry and Donna

Our last two mornings in the park were so foggy we couldn’t see the beach from the pedestrian bridge.

We are now at Grand Isle, LA, arriving Friday afternoon, to resume our mission work assisting in the recovery efforts from hurricane Ida. Those of you that follow our blog will remember that we were here in Spring of 2023. Grand Isle is a barrier island off the coast of New Orleans – about 50 miles south of New Orleans. There is an eight-mile bridge to cross to reach the island that is about 7 miles long. It is absolutely the end of the road. We noticed progress in the repair/restoration efforts since we left last year. Unfortunately, there is obviously more that needs to be done. We are very thankful for safe travels and are looking forward to the next four weeks serving the people of Grand Isle.