Daily Archives: August 15, 2016
Benchmark and BBQ . . .
With a 337 mile trip to Waskom, TX this morning, we were pulling out of the Benchmark RV Park a little before 10am. I was happy to hear no more groaning from my power steering, so I guess the added AW32 hydraulic fluid took care of that problem.
We’ve stayed at Benchmark once before, and it’s a really nice park. All 27 sites are long pull-thru’s, and at $17 Passport America, it’s a great deal.
A few minutes later we were back on I-20/I-59 heading for Miss Ellie’s RV Park in Waskom, about 3 miles into Texas from Louisiana, and about 20 miles west of Shreveport. The last time we were in Shreveport was last year when we had some time off from our gate guarding gate near Carthage, TX about 50 miles away.
The first leg of our trip today was only for about 90 mile to the outskirts of Jackson, MS, Brandon, MS to be exact. And Sonny’s BBQ specifically.
When we were eating at the Sonny’s BBQ in Pensacola a week or so ago, I noticed they had a location in Brandon, MS. I was checking to see if their Jackson, MS restaurant was still open, and found it wasn’t.
But checking where Brandon was, I saw it was right off I-20 about 15 miles east of Jackson. And checking Google Maps I found they had a really big parking lot in back. Big enough for an RV + Toad. So 90 minutes after we left Benchmark, we were pulling in the Sonny’s BBQ parking lot.
This time Jan and I both started out with the Salad Bar, and Sonny’s BBQ does have a good one, with a lot of delicious options.
And besides being really tasty, it helped fill us up, so we had more leftover BBQ to take home.
Jan got her standard Pulled Pork Sandwich with Fries.
While I went with my go-to meal, Sonny’s Pork 3 Ways.
You just can’t go wrong with anything Sonny’s.
The trip was going really smooth until we started hitting rain west of Vicksburg, and it keep with us all the way through Shreveport and on to Miss Ellie’s RV Park about 3 miles into Texas.
We stayed here at Miss Ellie’s back in 2014 on our way north to meet up with Nick and Terry Russell in Elkhart, IN. Even though it’s not a Passport America park, it’s right off the Interstate, and at $22 it’s still a good deal.
We got in about 4:30, got parked, and set up. We got a nice long site, so we didn’t have to unhitch since we planned to stay in tonight.
Tomorrow we’ve got a 300 mile trip back to the Colorado Lake Thousand Trails, which has kind of become our home park. Saturday is Landon’s 6th birthday, and then we’ll start looking for our gate for this year.
Hopefully.
Thought for the Day:
“I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” – Woody Allen
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