Tomorrow is our last travel day

I had such good intentions of keeping up with info. Throw that out the window.
 I may resort to backtracking on occasion.
Left on Sunday
April 5th-Sebring FL to Quincy FL 400 miles
Travel Day 1
We left Whispering Pines Village in Sebring FL at 7:45 AM with 400 miles planned. Sundays are usually good travel days but we found out that Easter is an exception! The church traffic was awesome and unexpected. Fortunately, both times we encountered it the flow was going opposite of us. Think of a 5 mile funeral procession and that was what it was like. We knew this because they all turned into the same church lots. Darndest thing we have ever seen. Really? They all decided to go to church at the same time?

We took a back way out of Sebring so we did not have to deal with 97 miles of stop and go traffic on highway 27. It added miles but so worth it. We also did not count on Interstate 75 being under construction and so very busy. Truck traffic was less but car traffic was HEAVY! It was such a relief to turn west on Interstate 10.
I used the smartphone, Google Maps and navigation and it has made things so much easier for me. I am a much better navigator. Butch would say it was the lady in the phone but I do have to know what to say to her to get the right result. Other tools I use are RVParky.com or app. I have both. We are also Passport America members and tonight it is saving us $20. Participating parks are half price. It is also Passport-America.com or Passport-America app.
4:00 PM
We have arrived at Beaver Lake Campground at Quincy FL. Exit 174 on I-10. It is a Passport-America so our stay is $20. You check in and pay at the Marathon station. Cash only. They do not take reservations. It is always a first come, first served proposition. Being so close to the Interstate I can see why!

There is a Burger King within walking distance so I do believe we will be dining out tonight. I am so looking forward to getting a good nights sleep.

I remembered a bit ago what I was doing last year on Easter Sunday. We were in Peculiar visiting the Missouri kids and I was very, very sick. Glad that is in my past!

Monday, April 6th
Quincy FL to Vicksburg MS-451 Miles
A couple of notes about this leg. We changed our route enroute taking hwy 98 out of Mobile AL instead of going further east to hwy 49. It cut off about 40 miles but then we arrived at our planned destination (Hattiesburg) too soon so went further, making it to the Ameristar RV Park in Vicksburg MS. The park was difficult to find and unlevel. Will not plan on staying there again.
The area around Jackson MS has the worst road conditions we have ever been on!! Both south on 49 and within the city on I-20. It should be avoided. I think you should be able to sue the city for RV damage. It was awful. Shortly after that episode the clouds opened up and dropped over an inch of rain in a few minutes and we were in the midst of it.
We made it in one piece after two trips around in a circle before finding the park.  We did not go to the casino. Too tired after a stressful day.

Tuesday, April 7th
Vicksburg MS to Alma AR .-433 Miles
This was last night so I can remember it clearly. We stayed in the Crabtree RV Park. It is connected to an RV business. We were lucky because we did not have a reservation, it was easy to find with GPS, it was next door to a Cracker Barrel and we obtained the last available space! Now that kind of falling into place does not happen all the time. We are very grateful!! We are being watched and cared for in a very special way. We are happy and we know it!
We had planned to travel all the way to Shreveport on I-20 and then take US 71/I-49 north to Fort Smith AR. We have done this before and I didn't remember it as being all that bad. It does have about 130 miles of twists and turns. It was okay and Butch did well with it but I do believe twice is enough. Also, the Google maps/gps knows nothing of the new I-49. Does not show up when programmed.

I have some back pictures to post but as I write this it will not be happening until I have a good connection. So later look for "Back Pictures"

As an added note, we had a great time with Jerilynn and Pete. This was their first year in Florida and they were lucky enough to make some very good friends right away and they shared them with us. They are going back next year and have much more of the same fun. They have found a nice fit for them.