4/2/15 thurs

The last post got the wrong date on it and I missed it so will go back and change it when I am in done.
The weather has been in the 80's all day.  There is a breeze.  We don't have windows open when we drive or air conditioning on so it gets stuffy in there.  The minute we stop, we open windows and door and it cools down quickly.  In the meantime we often just sit outside in the breeze, which is what we are doing now. 
We are set up at Diamond Jacks Casino in Shreveport, LA.  Its like the twin cities.  One side of the river is Shreveport and one side is Bossier.  We are on the Bossier side.
Casinos always have good food and often cheap.  The lodging is cheap and like this one we have a big space with lots of grass.  We are backed up to the river (the railroad too) but the trains have NEVER kept us awake as we have both lived separately and together by the tracks and its like sleeping pills to us. So doubt it will be a problem.  One going by right now in fact, can you hear it?
Its over a bridge on the river so there isn't even any place for hobos to jump off.  Not that that is as big as it was in my younger days.  I plan on making my hobo quilt as I grew up with stories of the hobos coming thru the country side and the marks on the fence.  My grandmother had signs on her fence as she was good and always fed them and gave them a place to sleep in the barn.  The kids stayed out of the barn at nite just in case.  So I grew up with first hand stories from mom telling about that.  Not sure if my sisters remember them but I do as they fascinated me so when I was old enough I started reading stories about it. So I loved the hobo quilt book.
As I sit here I see two dead dogs in the grass, a dead one on Leroy's lap and a dead cat inside on the chair.  The birds are having a heyday chirping and talking to the birds outside and with the river here it is very bird noisy.  Probably drive our neighbors crazy but these two are not screechy.  The twitter and whistle mostly and try to talk.
A couple quilt stores here I may check out and there is a casino on a river boat I want to go see.  Not sure what else but we will mostly likely leave here Sat am. And then on down the road  Hwy 20 to Jackson Miss.  Hey, HWY 20 has lots of quit stores Donna.