Thanksgiving at our Campground

Monday and Tuesday Carolyn, Annette and I were sent to finish up work at Ms Linda's house. This included mudding, sanding and painting kitchen ceiling, putting up ceiling fans and moulding around the kitchen.

We joined the other crew members Wednesday at Ms Emma's where they were rebuilding the bedroom and bathroom floors to make them level. The 14' wide room sloped 4" from one side to the other. Since the homeowner did not want us working in her house on Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) we worked a few extra hours on Wednesday and managed to complete the job. That included installing new carpet in the bedroom and linoleum in the bathroom, nailing baseboard, hanging doors that needed to be shortened, replacing the vanity and toilet. Short week. Only three days of work, but we sure did get our workouts again.

The street was a good place to reroll the carpet in the desired direction.

Jim was grateful that our director Norm rented a power stretcher for the rug installation.

The owners of Okatoma Resort and RV Park invited the resident campers for a Thanksgiving supper in the clubhouse. The turkey and ham were provided and each of the campers brought a dish to add to the feast. Nearly thirty people participated of which our MDS crew were ten.
So who else would be staying at a campground? Some folks that are travelling through and stop for a few nights, some living here on a temporary basis while working in the area and living in their RV's or renting cabins from the campground and still others who stay for a month or two before continuing south looking for warmer weather.
The gentleman that joined us at our table was a retired Amtrak train conductor who lived by himself full-time in his converted school bus/camper. Spending a supper hour with this man we learnt quite a bit about Amtrak trains. He was here in order to have eye surgery and also because he had a son living in the next town north of here. Some stay in small basic housing while others have large & extravagant diesel pusher motorhomes worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. We are quite a varied bunch at the campground.

Saturday our group went for an outing at Landrum's Homestead and Village in Laurel, MS. This living history museum was decked out for it's 30th Annual Christmas. We enjoyed a walking tour of this late 1800's settlement with over 50 buildings and displays.

After several hours at the museum we enjoyed supper at the recommended local Charlie's Catfish House. Since we all ordered the catfish it was served family style. We were served fries, coleslaw and hush puppies with the fish. Two whole fish were served per person. And it sure was good!

We will be leaving here on Friday and don't know when we will be able to make the next post.