LOUISIANA RODEO AND FAULTY JACKS

AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS

PELICANS TAKE FLIGHT

GREAT EGRETS

We spent 5 days at Lake Bistineau, watching butterflies and hundreds of American White Pelicans and Great Egrets suddenly appear on the reduced lake. They didn't stay long, must have been a surprise to discover the lake almost empty.


We heard that the Louisiana State Fair was on in the nearby town of Shreveport so decided to drive into town.  I love rodeos - think its all those hunky cowboys!
 We enjoyed a fun afternoon around the livestock, funfair, displays and food stalls. The pro-rodeo was great with the usual bucking horse, barrel racing, steer roping, bull riding and rodeo clown - good clean family fun - I'm getting closer to knowing all the words to the American National Anthem!

BRAHMANS - STRANGE LOOKING BEEF!

MORE BRAHMANS

FUN FAIR RIDES

WE DID NOT GO IN HERE

WE DIDN'T TRY THIS

AND WE DIDN'T GO IN HERE - SPOOKY!

BMX STUNTS

PINEAPPLE ICECREAM

Next day we started to pack up to move to another State Park with a lake, when Roy tried to retract the front jacks on trailer they would not go and it made an awful noise. Tried different things with no luck so drove to a Keystone dealer in Shreveport who was no good, could not look at it till next Friday and we would have to take it in - er - it wont move! They gave us the card of a local man who comes out so we spoke with the dealer we bought it from in Ohio and he said to go ahead. Unfortunately there was no reply with local man so left a message - its Saturday so we were not hopeful.
How lucky are we - Roy suggested we  go to the Waffle House for lunch on way back (to comfort eat you know) and because
 we were there and not at the site where there is no phone signal, we got his call and he's coming first thing Monday.
Fingers crossed please he can fix it.
Just to add to it all - the inner door catch on the trailer has dropped off and Roy's Walmart sun chair just fell to bits - they say they go in threes!