Shreveport is not a town you want to arrive at with RV campsite reservations. We phoned and drove around to four place but all were full because of an air show at the air force base and other events going on around the area. Our best hope was to wait for a no show at Diamond Jacks on the Boosier City which is just across the Red River. We didn’t just sit in the Roadtrek although at times I wish we had. The Diamond Jacks casino was offering 50% off their breakfast buffet for those 50 and older. I am well established in that group and Mary has crossed into that range a few years back. We didn’t make total pigs of ourselves but we did put away our money’s worth of vittles. My veggie omelet was very tasty and the selection of other tempting delights was good. I guess the omelet I saved from yesterday morning will have to continue to wait in the Roadtrek’s refrigerator.
At 11:30 we did get a spot for one night, so we had to hurry and see the sites of Shreveport in just a few hours. Our first stop was the Rose Garden. I’m not sure how many acres the gardens cover. The walking paths lead you from one garden setting to another. Each garden had either a sculpture, statue, sundial or water feature as the focus with surrounding beds of roses and other flowers. Azaleas and iris were the most well represented flower after the roses.
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Our breakfast was starting to wear off when we return to Shreveport. We spotted a sign saying Sam’s town casino offered 50% off their buffet for those in the 50+ age group. That fact having been previously established, we once again ate way more than we should have. The food was very good, just like Sam’s town buffet in Las Vegas. The desert selection was to die for. It would have been impolite not to try several of the items they offered.
We spent the afternoon walking along the Shreveport side of the Red River shoreline. The city built a park with water fountains for kids to play, and amphitheater used of I don’t know what, and a walk way along the river’s edge that had the most interesting stainless steel rose sculptures --- buds and full flowers.
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At 11:30 we did get a spot for one night, so we had to hurry and see the sites of Shreveport in just a few hours. Our first stop was the Rose Garden. I’m not sure how many acres the gardens cover. The walking paths lead you from one garden setting to another. Each garden had either a sculpture, statue, sundial or water feature as the focus with surrounding beds of roses and other flowers. Azaleas and iris were the most well represented flower after the roses.
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Our breakfast was starting to wear off when we return to Shreveport. We spotted a sign saying Sam’s town casino offered 50% off their buffet for those in the 50+ age group. That fact having been previously established, we once again ate way more than we should have. The food was very good, just like Sam’s town buffet in Las Vegas. The desert selection was to die for. It would have been impolite not to try several of the items they offered.
We spent the afternoon walking along the Shreveport side of the Red River shoreline. The city built a park with water fountains for kids to play, and amphitheater used of I don’t know what, and a walk way along the river’s edge that had the most interesting stainless steel rose sculptures --- buds and full flowers.
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