Again we were awakened by our resident pissed-off cardinal who got going with her head banging routine only about a half hour before sunrise. Fortunately, we were obliged to leave Toledo Bend State Park today to continue our eastbound trek because we: A.) didn’t have any more space in our waste tanks and B.) ran out of reservation in our great “premium” campsite. “Premium” means along the shore of the reservoir and cost $5 more per night but our spot was terrific with nice shade, lots of animals and a great view of the lake.
We followed fairly narrow Louisiana state and farm roads east through gently rolling hills with blankets of wildflowers covering the shoulders. There was thick mixed hardwood and conifer forest along the highway most of the way but near Alexandria, the land started to flatten out and after a bit we were driving through dead-flat agricultural land. Everything is very green and quite pretty.
In the Town of Boyce, near Alexandria, we pulled into the Alexandria RV Park. It is a tiny little place with only about 10 sites but they have full hookups, 50 amps, rudimentary wifi and a cute little shower and restroom building. The place is located in a small grove of big hardwood trees and the ground is covered with mowed lawn. It is quite pretty although I think I saw some railroad tracks nearby and those guys love to blow their horns when passing within 2 miles of sleeping humans. We also spotted a pileated woodpecker on arrival. They are big pterodactyl-looking critters. We’ll try to get some pix.