If it's not one thing, it's another.......

We have managed to avoid snow storms, tornados, torrential rain and catastrophic flooding (the Weather Channels description) and the plague so far....(.that being H1N1) but got waylaid by a mechanical issue. Anyhow, I am currently at Panera Bread , using their free internet and enjoying their salads and THE BREAD...mostly THE BREAD. We have been on the road for over 4 days and have not had decent internet. I know you have been waiting for a travel blog but folks, this ain't it. This is just to let you know that if we could have, we would have and we couldn't so we didn't. Even the Wonder Phone didn't come thru on this one altho I do know people who have blogged on it, I just haven't figured it out yet.
We left Denver early to avoid a predicted snow storm. (Jenna sent pictures of the 26 inches on the back deck and the buried dog) We headed south to New Mexico, a mostly desolate desparate looking place and then into Oklahoma which is wide open spaces of cattle and oil and cattle and oil and looks prosperous. We spent the night in a lovely RV camp that we had stayed in 3 years previously. We had planned to head to Little Rock to see the Clinton Library but wisely checked out the forecast and decided to head more southerly to avoid serious storms. We spent the night at a casino campground in Shreveport , La with an overabundant supply of large mosquitos, close proximity to the train track and its loud frequent whistle, and on the flight path to the airport. We were too tired to explore the gambling. But we listened to the ominous weather report and departed at sunrise to get as far away as possible from the pending weather. And a tornado did hit in Shreveport and the interstate was closed from flooding and it is expected to get worse. We finally made it to Biloxi and wandered thru a huge casino and drove along the Gulf coast and saw the Katrina devastation of all the beautiful southern mansions that lined the drive. It is very sad.
I managed to spend $5 and walk away with $27 profit from the glitzy casino. We were there all of 20 minutes before we got bored. No offense to those who this appeals to but after a long drive, we were more interested in reclining.
So now, we are in Destin Florida in a beautiful state park on the beach. Weather is warm, humid and the area is a beehive of shopping and dining and of course, the beautiful snow white beaches. However, Paul has spent the afternoon trying to solve a mechanical issue with the RV. One of the slides failed to go out more than a few inches. The other, put out first, had no problem. He has a call into a technical support and has discussed it with Michael and hopefully it can be fixed. If not, the slides can be manually brought in and we will take it home for repair there. Anyway, we are planning on staying here 2 nights and heading home early Sunday morning. Pictures another day....stay tuned.