Travels by CAML

  Tuesday 15 Sept   - Coushatta Casino parking, Kinder (LA) We left 8016 St Charles Avenue in New Orleans (LA) around 11 AM - trying to get out of town before the storm, Sally, which ended up hitting further east. Melanie was preparing supper in the galley when the carbon monoxide alarm went off. I could shut it off but the noise continued. Given my hearing, or lack thereof, I couldn’t tell that the smoke alarm was going off at the same time. Finally reset both and peace reigned, though Melanie was a bit disturbed - her hearing being much better than mine.  Our first night out we were unable to find a campsite. The previous hurricane, Laura, hit southwestern Louisiana pretty hard; as a result many with RVs had left the coast and booked sites at parks and campgrounds further inland so we were ‘camped’ at the Casino. Being another ‘first night’ our sleep was restless - reminiscent of other first nights on boats and campers. From time to time people going home after their late shift comme

In mid-August - after months in Green Valley (AZ) followed by months in New Orleans (LA) we began to go stir crazy. What are we going to do, we're tired of staying at 'home;' we've both had the dread disease; we've both had positive antibody tests to prove it; we can't get into Canada.  Let's get another travel trailer and hit the road. We spent a few days looking at trailers near New Orleans - most were too big. Why not get another, but newer, Casita, like the one we had ten years ago? I put an ad on the Facebook Casita Forum website: Hi all, we've just joined your group. Melanie and I (Charlie) had a Casita about ten years ago, sold it, and are now looking for a replacement. Any suggestions would be much appreciated - preferably in the southeast, anywhere between TX, FL and WV. A gentleman sent me a message. He had a 17' Casita Independence Deluxe he might be interested in selling. After several days of long phone conversation, and text messaging,