It's Not About The Onions

We were looking forward to having a few days stop in Vidalia, LA mainly to check out the barges going up and down the river. Haven't seen that before.

Vidalia, LA is situated on the Mississippi River across from Natchez, MS. Vidalia was named after the Spanish explorer Don Jose Vidal and remained under Spanish rule until the United States acquired it under the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.  Today, it's a small friendly town of approximately 4,000 people. The town sits at 65 feet above the river so yes when Vicksburg was flooded in 2011 so was Vidalia. The main tourist attractions are back across the river in Natchez. We decided to save them for another time, this was about sitting back, relaxing outside on a beautiful day watching the barges push their loads up and down the river.

We chose River View RV Park mainly because of it's location on the banks of the Mississippi. They have over 200 concrete padded sites mostly pull-thru, all with full hook-ups including cable. The pool stays open year round but is not heated. Susan asked for a pool, I got her a pool and now she wants it heated. Oh well, back to the drawing board.

One of the nice features about this park is the accessibility to Vidalia Landing Riverfront Park. It's a green space the city developed to beautify the riverfront. It includes a walking/biking trail, a boat ramp, picnic benches, and more. I was able to get a close look at the barges and the Vidalia-Natchez Bridge.

Injury report. Yes, Precious had another injury. As the story goes we were venturing out for an early supper but decided to drive around the campground first. After a short drive we got back on the paved roads and I could hear a click, click, click noise coming from one of the tires. We stopped, we looked, then we hung our heads because we knew our early supper was going to turn into a late one. Did I forget to mention that a few curse words passed by my lips. Man, we have the worst luck with tires.

I drove to the closest tire repair shop (Vidalia Tire Repair) and the guy was able to help me right away. The spare is brand new. I bought it before going to Labrador.  So he took the BOLT not nail out of the injured tire. Switched the tires and rims out. Fixed the tire with the hole. Put Precious all back together again just like Humpty Dumpty. They charged us only $30 bucks cash for all that. I gave the guy $40 cash.

All that work gave me an appetite so we decided to go for supper at a place called Johnnie Mae's Seafood and Grill. I was surprised when we were the only people in the restaurant. The food was fantastic. Susan was patiently waiting. We started with the Mama Johnnie Crab Cakes. They were the best.

I had "The Combo" which consisted of a blackened catfish fillet and grilled jumbo shrimp while Susan had a bowl of seafood gumbo. They were fantastic.

Susan mentioned that the gumbo was amazing but not quite as good as the gumbo our friend Nancy makes. I think she is hoping for a dinner invite next time we see them. 

After supper I stopped at the campground front desk with the bolt in hand. Explained what happened and they were willing to reimburse us if I had a receipt which I didn't. We decided to call it a day, a drink awaits us at the rig. The drink is worth more than $40 bucks right now. Just another day in the life of an RVer.