Dec 18 th
We left Bossier City and headed North ( I know, travel plan, heading South? ) Diane one of my High school classmates had sent us an email that she had a cousin that lived just up the road in Plain Dealing LA that was interested in our current ride and trikes, that was good enough for us. So North to Plain Dealing we met James, the James's on this trip seem to be very tall. We had a nice visit, a cup of coffee, met his bulldog and two pugs and we were on our way. Heading mostly East now we crossed the border into Texas, it was in the seventies and so was the speed limit, even on a two lane road. We had no reason to hurry, it doesn't give you much reaction time at that speed if something wanders out of the ditch or side road. And my front tire needed replacing. We seen only one motorcycle even though it had been 73 most of the day
Our destination in Marshall TX was to stay with Harry and Tyna, As members of the same motorcycle club we had met them in the
summer when they were traveling and stayed with us on their motorcycle
trip. They have rode their Gold Wing to all of the continuous states. Harry is a medical helicopter pilot. We were able to store our cycle and camper in their garage and later that evening we went to town for dinner and then on to view the Marshall square. 
They have an amazing light display, the entire courthouse flashes to the music and they have Christmas entertainment in fornt of it. Games and slides for the children, you can even get your picture taken in a full size snow globe. Pretty nice, glad we could see it. They then took us on a tour of some of the village lights. We headed to a well to do neighborhood.
I think one of my favorites was not this one.
It was the neighbor to the left.
With a just a simple lighted sign in his
yard similar to this one. Gotta love it.
After a wonderful breakfast with our hosts we followed them to see the famous Marshall Pottery facility. I have to admit not being an avid flower pot enthusiast that I had never heard of it. I found out it is the largest producer of red clay pots. It was founded int 1895 and probably would have went bankrupt, they were saved by prohibition and the making of moonshine. Need a place to store that moonshine! They have a 100,000 square foot facility and we were one of 500,000 visitors a year. Guess others had heard about it before us. 
Dec 19
We wandered Texas back roads on our way to our next stop. Determined to see as much as we could and arrive at our next hosts at an appropriate time. Along the way we ran into a familiar face. We hadn't seen one of these since we were stationed in Pensacola Florida. Just had to stop and check it out. After a bite to eat and some phone calls back home we were on our way.
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