We've seen the light!

We left Vinton, LA around 9am today, continuing our coast-to-coast tour of I-10 heading east...still without any lights on the tow car.  In Hammond, Louisiana we stopped at another Camping World.  The tech there was kind enough to rewire our electrical cable and it worked - except when we turned on the turn signal, we got a left on the RV and a right on the car - at the same time!  They were extremely busy in the service department, so Tom rewired it again, rechecked a few more things, replaced some fuses and, wow, WE HAD LIGHT!  And they were co-ordinated!  That took another couple of hot humid hours, so we stopped for the day at Long Beach, Mississippi.  We had thunder and lightning and rain off and on all afternoon, so it was pretty dreary out, but we took a drive along the Gulf coast.  The beaches are miles and miles of white sand.  Across the highway from the sand is, for the most part, just empty land dotted with an occasional old foundation, an old parking lot and some scrawny trees.  Every once in a while there is a beautiful home or an apartment building and a shiny Walmart that most likely have been rebuilt since the devastation of Katrina.  There were a few people in the water here and there, but we didn't get close enough to tell if there was any oil in the water.  In Gulfport we stopped at the Island View Casino, joined their players club and used the free slot play to earn enough for one of our seafood buffet dinners.  Driving back home we had fog - not fun in the dark in a strange place...but we found our way.  Tomorrow we plan to be at the Escapees Rainbow Plantation in Summerdale, AL and will stay for a few days.

Exit Texas

We finally crossed the border to exit Texas...but not without some frustration.  We left Happy Oaks a little before nine and drove about 45 minutes to the Camping World in Katy, TX.  We spent almost 3 hours there while Tom worked on the electrical cable that attaches the RV and the tow car.  Our coach running lights still do not work and after he worked on the electrical stuff last night, our right turn signal didn't work.  The techs at Camping World offered suggestions and a few spare parts, but would not have time to work on it for us till Wednesday of next week.  So, Tom worked on it for quite a while.  We finally decided that we needed to get through Houston so we headed east again.  Actually, getting through the city was not too bad.  Traffic was not too heavy and was moving well and there was only a few miles of construction.  We stopped in Vinton, Louisiana at an RV park where we stayed a few years back.  Definitely not the greatest, but certainly convenient.  Several more hours of work on the lights and they are still not working, but we still have lots of heat and humidity.  Tomorrow's another day :-)