Nov 11, 2019 - More Gulf

Still just hitting the beach and riding the bikes. Temps are mid 70s or mid 60s depending on the day. Water is nice but lots of jelly fish now.. Drove to Buc-ees to check it out. It's a mega service station and store. Specifically designed for RVs. It's amazing. Food, and other sundries. Celebrated the Marine Corps' 244th birthday with other Marines at the State Park. Visited and had some cake. Then on Vetrans Day had lunch at Desotos with them. Great meal and loads of fun.

Nov 6, 2019 - Anniston, AL

This campground is now the Gander RV Park, and was formerly the Camping World RV Park. My impression is that Camping World has worn out it's name and it is now associated with bad service and high prices. Camping World bought the Gander Mountain brand and all of it's stores thinking they would make a good team, but now it appears that Gander has become a good escape hatch for the Camping World outlets that management salvages from the apparently inevitable bankruptcy of the company. This is a good one-night stop. No frills, conveniently...

Nov 5, 2019 - Luxury RV

Glad to be at Luxury RV. We were here last year and it's a fun place. Only a couple blocks to the beach. Been raining but it finally stopped. Unfortunately, the bottom dropped out of the thermometer and it's a bit chilly. Two days 76 three days 66. Uggg. We put on warmer clothes and hit the bike trails. Miles of trails through the State Park. Through the spanish moss covered trees and over marshes via wood bridges. Been getting our exercise. About 15 miles through the State Park.. Also, the Mudbug dive Bar is just around the corner and The...

Nov 3, 2019 - Weekend Update

Well it is Sunday night and I have a few notes on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. To start with we have a few issues with the truck. We think it is the battery, which is over four years old and the recent cold snap. It has not failed to start but it is loosing power and the central monitor is loosing power and everything has to be reset...date/time, radio stations, etc.. It has been sluggish on a couple of starts and we decided to take it by the local Chevrolet dealership and have them check the battery. This was Friday afternoon while we were...

Oct 31, 2019 - Happy Halloween

Oh Halloween. Behind the locked gates of the resort...there are no trick or treaters. Therefore, no chance that we cannot keep our hands out of the candy. We didn't buy any! Thank goodness... And that is complicated by the fact that the weather has changed ever since 10:00 a.m. this morning. The front came blowing through from the southwest. At least two different bands of thunderstorms have passed through. Each lasted about an hour and a half. Then the sun broke out about 3:30 and the wind started coming from the north. From 78 degrees at...

Oct 29, 2019 - Two easy days

Monday started out clear and warm. We decided to go toward Mobile. We went to Bass Pro Shop in Spanish Fort and then on into Mobile. It had been a long time since we had been through the tunnel on I-10 under the Mobile River. It was easy in the truck and should not be too much trouble if we decide to head home on I-10 in the Bus. We had no special stop to make in Mobile, it was more just driving around and finding a place to have lunch. We finally broke from shrimp and had lunch at Moe's in west Mobile. That should make our granddaughter in...

Oct 28, 2019 - Gulf Shores - Escapees

Cruised Southeast into Alabama. Through the fields of cotton, under the bay at Mobile through the tunnel, past the battleship and over the elevated highway to Gulf Shores. First week is at the Escapees Camp about 30 minutes from the beach. Reasonably inexpensive if you're a member. Been rainy, so limited satellite and internet. Been to the movies twice, dinner at the Oyster Restaurant. Had crab filled shrimp and flounder florentine. Also headed to the beach to watch LSU and FSU ladies play volleyball. Only a few more days and we will be at...

Oct 27, 2019 - The football days...or World Series days...

Saturday, and now that we are back in the central time zone, Game Day starts at 8:00 a.m. instead of waiting until 9:00 in the eastern time zone. Coffee and Game Day...what a way to start the day. Little did we know that this might be the highlight of the day. If you look at the football games, well, it went something like this: Arkansas looked worse than expected...a lot worse Auburn seemed to park the Gus Bus and sucked at LSU...again Oklahoma...well Jalen Hurts hurts today since OU forgot to take their defense to Kansas State ...

Oct 25, 2019 - Ah...the Gulf Coast

Thursday morning at Spring Villa RV Park was cool. It was about 50 degrees outside when Ziva and I went for our early walk. Since it was a cool morning Ziva took longer than usual but we were back in the Bus after about 30 minutes. Then it was time to eat and pack up for our trip to Foley. A little after 9:30 we decided to add air to the tires on the Bus since the cool temperatures had them showing below the pressures we wanted. It takes close to an hour to get the six tires inflated and balanced to the proper levels...after you get the...

Oct 23, 2019 - Cruising Auburn

Today was a day for running around the Opelika/Auburn area. A quick trip out to one of the Robert Trent Jones golf courses, Grand National. Dan and I played there several years ago when I was a traveling man. We spent time driving around the historic downtown section of Opelika and then time driving through Auburn University. We went by Jordan-Hare Stadium, their baseball facility as well as their new basketball facility. We saw soccer facilities and some of the practice facilities. When we returned to the Bus we took Ziva on a walk up to...

Oct 22, 2019 - On to Alabama and back to the central time zone

Today was a travel day but not a hard one. The first reason is that it was only 160 miles. The second was we had nothing out for a one night stay. The final reason is that we gained an hour when we crossed over into Alabama. All this said, we did not get up until about 8:00 and moved around slowly. We were away just after 11:00 a.m. EDT. We drove on state highways and less than major US highways and a quick 16 miles on an Interstate. We came through Macon and Columbus and crossed over headed for Opelika. We are in the Spring Villa Park. It...

Oct 9, 2019 - Dobbs RV spot

After driving over 300 miles in two days we arrived safely to our friends, a very slow pace, The Dobbs home. They’re way off the main highways into the hills. It’s quiet here and comfortable. They have several shade trees overlooking their little pond and we relax. It’s easy to let go of any tensions from traveling. We stayed two nights to get all our conversations in, had several meals, lots of laughs. On the day we depart, we left about 10 a.m. and had many miles to cover. On the way across Alabama toward Tennessee we had to go through...