ONWARD TO MISSISSIPPI!

We had a great time in Dallas, but we are ready to continue our journey east. I think I forgot to mention that once we got just outside of Dallas, the terrain changed from sagebrush and wide open space with few if any homes to rolling hills, trees and populated areas. In fact I thought that east Texas was quite beautiful. I wish we had more time to explore this area.

After 3 days of driving we finally crossed Texas and entered Louisiana! Whew, I think that took it out of Dad. Mom could drive the coach but she didn’t want to, it was way too big for her. In fact, I think it kind of scared her. You’d think that after flying in the sleigh that nothing would bother her, but I sensed she was never very comfortable. Of course, as you know, I hated it! It made much too much noise for me.

Anyway, we continued on the I20 east and crossed Louisiana. The northern part of this state has gently rolling hills and is quite wooded. But it also looked like there was a lot of water in those woods. I think that in the summer there would be lots of bugs! Coming from the North Pole, we don’t have many bugs, but I don’t know as if I would like them.

The closer were got to this river the more excited Santa and Mom became. Santa said we were about to cross the mighty Mississippi River! He told us all about how he used this long river to help navigate across the United States. He said that this was the second longest river in North America with a length of over 2300 miles. It sure looked big to me!

When we crossed the river we were arrived in the state of Mississippi. We found a nice quiet campsite by a ferry. There was a Civil War battle that took place here so there will be a lot to explore tomorrow. This was a very long day, so we are all exhausted and just want to sleep. More to come.

THE BIG D - PART 2

We woke up to a beautiful day and I am so excited to meet the Santa’s in a few hours. Mom and Dad are busy cleaning the coach. It’s a good thing they don’t expect me to do that kind of work.

Dad said that there are quite a few Santa ambassadors in this area. In fact one is a brand new Santa. I always enjoy meeting those men as they are so excited and a little bit afraid that they won’t be able to be a good santa.

There were four Santa’s that came to visit. Two had been Santa for quite a while and the other two were newbie’s. I thought they all looked good and seemed to be very friendly and kind. Believe it or not, some of the men who put on the red suit are really not very nice. But these gentlemen were great. I know Dad was really pleased!

I love to listen to all their stories and hear them laughing. One of the men brought his wife. They were both new to wearing the red. In fact, his wife did not want to be Mrs. Claus yet so she was playing an elf. Mom reassured her to take her time and not force it, that the most important part was to be herself.

When everybody left Dad was very anxious to watch this game on TV. He said it was some kind of a super bowl. Well I didn’t see any kind of a bowl super or otherwise. It looked to me like a bunch of guys running around a field chasing and grabbing this ball.

I thought it was BORING!!!! Now why don’t they show something really interesting like sled dog racing? Now that is exciting stuff!