Bi-Weekly Update

We're fine.  Still here in the sometimes sunny, sometimes stormy, Gulf Shores, AL.  Warm season forecast is proven to be true so far.  When we do get below freezing, it's only overnight & we get above freezing during the day.  We had some nasty storms off the gulf come ashore when the storm fronts came through.  The worst parts have missed us so far though some areas of the gulf coast have not been so lucky.

Gulf State Park continues to work on it new trails and bridges.  There's a new paved path from the closed section of State Road 2 to Shelby Lake that follows a back country drainage canal.  It ends in a long, narrow fishing pier.  The park is also installing a fence along Campground Road and part of State Route 2 that's designed to separate bicycle & pedestrian traffic from the vehicle traffic.  Works well on State Route 2.  Significantly narrowed Campground Road, though.  Experience RV drivers can navigate meeting another large rig, but it's pretty sporty when two big rigs do meet traveling down a now even more narrow Campground Road.  Then there's always the driver whose depth perception is lacking.  To ensure they don't hit the fence, they drive their old Honda Civic down the middle of what's left of Campground Road.  Entertaining to watch them meet a Prevost coming from the opposite direction.  I figured it's all due to people designing RV parks that've never driven an RV.

We still don't know what we're doing this summer.  So far we've planned to go to Florida from here.  Then bounce back up our traditional path of visiting family & friends.  Have reservations for Fredericksburg, VA for a couple of weeks around Easter.  Then it's off to Indiana to get the trailer serviced, a couple of appliances replaced, and get the generator fixed.  That's all we know for now.

Well, that's it for this edition.  Thanks for dropping by!  David

Gulf State Park Weekly Update

Just checking in.  We're fine.  As we winter here on the gulf coast, it's the one time we seemed to be in a routine.  Donna swims & rides her bicycle.  I walk the park checking on the status of the new trails.  We sometimes go to a movie.  Sometimes go out to eat.  The normal stuff, but we're enjoying ourselves.

We did manage to survive a few nights with lows below freezing.  We're in one of the RV sites with the older water hookups.  It's a tall one with a blue handle and we get a lot of rust when you first turn the site's water faucet on, so it's old.  And with the few nights below freezing, the weather has taken it's toll.  Water now seeps out the side of the riser pipe when water runs through it.  It was on the campground's list to be replaced.  They may move it up in priority, but I do see ones in worse condition as I walk the campground.  Just part of life, I guess.

On the exciting side, we did have our bathroom door hinges come off the door frame.  It was exciting, but we reinstalled it with some longer, larger wood screws (vice the short, self-taping sheet metal screws RV builders are so fond of using when installing things into wood.)  And I found out both our batteries for the electric screw driver need to be replaced.  We also found someone that the state park will allow to come into the campground and detail the trailer.  We now have a good coat of wax to start the new travel season for the trailer.   So things do work out.

Anyway,  we're doing fine.  Thanks for stopping in and checking on us.  And for us Alabama fans, I confident it's the Russians fault...just sayin'.  David