Devine Inrervention

Yesterday driving from Baton Rouge LA to Livingston TX we got off I-10 at exit 121 to go to the Atchafalaya Rest Area and Visitor Center.  We followed a Fifth-Wheel onto what we thought was the entrance to the Rest Area, but it turned out to be a road to a boat ramp with a 12'6" clearance bridge.  Below is a picture captured from our dashcam of the 5th wheel getting turned around.

We would have to unhitch the car and either try the same turn around or back out about a quarter of a mile.  And here is where the Devine Intervention comes in,  When I got back to the hitch the driver side locking pin on the hitch had lost the cap and was working it's way out.  Had we traveled much further the pin would have come out and the car would have been out of control.  I do keep an extra set of hitch pins and we avoided probable disaster.

As it turned out Carole turned the car around and drove it over to the proper Rest Area Parking Lot and I decided to back the coach out the quarter mile to the road to turn and proceed to the Rest Area.

We rehitched the car and Thanked the Lord for the mistake turned blessing.

Rainbow's End RV Park - Escapees RV Club - Livingston Texas