At Gulf Shores State Park

We had another uneventful trip down Sunday to Gulf Shores, AL for our winter stay.  It's nice to have a couple of trips now with nothing out of the ordinary occurring!  State Park not all that crowded this time of year.  Our typical site was "booked" when we called in November of last year, so we're in a site in the Live Oak Circle which is a much better site for us.  As you can guess, the "booked" site is empty.  It's not that great of a site, and we usually get it since it's not that nice of a site & available.  Tire pressures on the truck are holding, too.

We arrived on a warm day.  It's since cooled off some, but still nice weather.  As I write this, Donna's out on a bike ride with the Folk-on-Spokes, Gulf Shores group.  They're out going for ice cream.  I skipped today's ride since I've already have eaten out three times this week and plan to do so, again, tomorrow.  I guess I could have gone with them and not eat ice cream, but that wouldn't happen!

We took a Wednesday trip over to Ft Walton Beach, FL for me to present IDs and be finger printed for a background check for the NPS.  When the NPS gives you the key to a visitor center and asks you to run a cash register & run their equipment, you have to go through a background check.  Donna and I have had these background checks before.  (BTW, these are the background checks that OPM leaked to - supposedly - China a few years ago.)    However, this is the first time the gov't has directed me to a facility (actually, I chose from a list) that did this.  We had a great ride over to Ft Walton Beach and back plus a great meal at the Waterfront Crab Shack.  We'll have to go back and get my ID card (probably a CAC card) when it's ready.  We'll probably stop at the Waterfront Crab Shack, too!  If you're ever in Ft Walton Beach, you should stop at the Waterfront Crab Shack, too.

Well, I'm gonna wrap this up for this week.  It's good to be back at the state park.  We plan to leave March 1st and head to Florida for a couple of weeks.  Thanks for dropping by and checking up on us.  Until next week, David